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Don QUinn has wntten the book on wrestling at East Rochester He's the only coach they've ever had.

'Gentlemen, keep the faith' Quinn molds reverent minds in strong bodies

By Gary Fallesen ~mocr,Jt at•d ChtCln•Cil'

·rmm~ mrn mav Rrmt• wrary and {a111t, t'L't'n 1n thetr primP they may stumble

and fall, /Jut those u•ho look to the Lard If' Ill tml

nru ~lrl'lt#th, lhl') ll'lll J:'OW U lnJr\ [,).;p 1'01(/r•.\,

t hrv 11 ill run and nat bf' u•t•an, . . thev 11•1/1 march on and nl'l•rr wnu

fm nt. • Isaiah 40::JO :11

Don Quinn's goal wru. not to bc('ome thf' !!l.nte's all-time winningest high school wrl:'l>· tling coach. Nor to place his name in nn tiona! record book.,.

Winning is "ernndary, in hi~ upinion, to l('a!'hing athletes to lwcome "go()d, hard working gentlem('n with good Chrtstian moral!-!."

Qumn, fi t , is the only wrestling roarh I<"Alst Rochester has ever had. HI:' !'tarted thl' pro1,rram in 1958 when the !<Chool didn't evcm have wre'ltltng mat.-;, and smce that I 2 inau!(Ural season his teams hnve won 297 of 346 dual meet..,.

His career record ()f 298 victories, 43 IO!;!>Cs and srvrn ties make!\ him the wm nllll-(elil couch m the htate and third wmnin­gcst m th£' natiOn. Acrording to the Nnt10n· al Federutmn of State lltgh School Ab oda· hun~. Keith Wilham!! of Snake River, Idaho, hn., an arltve re<•ord of :1:~4 16 6, in ·

eluding on H I ~tnrt m th1s, hi~ 27th ~ea.'lun Bnh Siddt•ns of \Vt>l>l Waterloo, Iowa, was :!27-11}-:3 from JCJ:"!0-77.

QUinn, who cuuld pick up victory No. 299 at Canandaigua Wrdnesday and No. :!00 at home Saturday ngu111~t Fulton, the statt>'~ top ntnkrd lt·mn along with Huntington, heltt>\l's ht "has !-lnmt•thin::: In otTer k1ds."

Ht• ul">u fN•Is 1t ill n roach's resptm!tlblllty to hP o po~itivr mflurnce in nn uthlete't. lift•.

"I cnn 't h<'hcve how much coaches ran get ncrol-~ to JWnple," Qumn said last week "\\'e don't takr ncl\'ant.ll(t' of it. thoul(h. We put w llll> nnd lo~~c~ ahr•1d of it "

Qumn. whn nl~n 1~ mw of the Grt>ate1 H<l<'hl·stl'r nrl:'a\ mu ... t sun•essful luothall t'WKhrs w1th ,1 2!i vrnr rrcnrd of 1~7-!i9-7, pllll-1 rhnsl li\1\ lllll~lll:. alwucl nf final hCOTe!l.

"Thrre \ 111 h n d1rr nt•rd for mnrl:' faith­relnted 1 hi ng~ 111 our "'~'ll't ~ ," he <;Ill d. "\\t•\ t' Jll~l nhout l'Ut uut l'\ Nyt hmg m the puhlic t.<'hnol . I \\cmldn't want tu fare one day without llim. I know ll·nuldn't fare life's rhalleng•·~ ''it hnut the Man up abovr"

Quinn, whu wus influcnt·ed hy hi!l father, Eugerw 1 rmlrnad m·m and a tlevoul Cath olir, nnd hio; hiblr ·rr,\Ct Hnmhu11t High Sdluol f1M1t h,tll m,\Ch, H11l Rochl'k, !>tart., t·I\C'h dR\ nt St .• lrrome's Churrh. "\\'hl•n

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day IS started I feel very wong," he Si&

y father was very devout and I was fcAtLla~ enough to follow some of his wos. I d1dn't know why as a k1d, but h•"t~eemed very happy. He didn't seem tq3lave a care. I did what my father did IUIIt that got me where I am today."

S)uring football season, the learn a~mpantes Quinn to Mass on game day and he takes time out before and a.fter each football game and wrestling rvet for prayer and renectiVe thought.

"It's a very opportune time to get things across to kids," he said, "..,ecially when you win. They're very aU.ntive ~r a win.

"'Some things you say to k1ds now gQIII m one ear and out the other, but Wilen thev're 20 or 30 yean old they qht remember somethmg Coach Qmnn said and it will help them."

:Nick LaPielra, a Section 5 "Testhng ~pion who also has played four • of football under Qumn, said, "He

.,..,.,.,.... a lot about God He says that we oiJijiUld folio..,. Him. He (Quinn) means a lot to us." ~uinn tells seniors like LaPietra, "lf

thlere's one thing you learn, it's that you alii here for the good Lord."

He alc;o teaches his athlett'l\ how to ~ve in day-to-day l1ft>.

"I compare athletiCS to life," he said. "Both have therr ups and do..,.n .

"Nobody feels like losmg, but if you lose you've got to get back up."

Rick Sidor, a Section 5 wrestling champion in 1979 who earned a full scholarship to SyTacuse for football, 'laid, "He was the perfect roach. He'd <{o anythmg m the world for you, and you didn't want to let h1m down

"The b1gge~t thing he Ulught wao; lf-diSCiplme," added Sidor, now an

~lstant coach under Qumn. "I was Lrying to get a biology degree and I'd get done w1th (football) practice at 8 o'dock at n1ght and I'd have all this 1\Qmework to do. If I didn't have the self-dasc1plme to s1t down and do that lt,ork, I'd be fin1shed

"You m1ght curse his name during ~actice, but he's the kind of coach you really appreciate after you get away 6iNn h1gh school.~

It was that way with Qumn's high iPlool football coach, as well

"He was a gentleman who demanded aD awfuJ lot and got what he demanded," Qujnn said of Rodiek. "In !Ugh school you respected him out of fear, but he really wao; a sympathetic man you could lean on. I think ht> did a Jot for my life ~

Rod1ek and football helped keep Quinn m school. ~ I wouldn't have stayed m school

tfthout athletics," he said. "I didn't love iebool, but I loved sports. That'll what 4JI)tivaU!d me to not only linL'!h high tc:hool, but to go on to college and then to get a master's degree ~

Qumn lettered Ill three ~port~ in high "hool (fnotball, bowling and bru.eball), before gomg on to pia) football and wresthng at Cortland State He has &ince earned a masU!r's degree at Brockport StaU!.

"This day and age sporLo; are even mare amportant," he sa1d. "because <there IS not a lot requared of kids. This ....

.one place where demand!\ are made. 4'he American way 1s lu do the least ·=t you can. That ha~ rubbed off on

Don Quinn believes m this coaching philosophy: 'I compare athletics to life. Nobody feels like lostng, but if you lose you've got to get back up.'

the k1ds. They just aren't as dedicated anyTnore. They want something for nothing."

ER, however, is known for having hard-workers and positive resuJts in football and wrestling.

• The 1978 football U!am was top-ranked in the East by the Phrladelphia JourMI.

• Three state wrestling champions -Tim Gay (1970), Rich McPhee ('74) and ,John ZiLo ('78) - have been produced by a school with a current student enrollment of only 381.

• The wrestling U!am is defending champ1cm of Secuon 5 Class C' and the D('mocrat and C'hronrclf' coaches poll. The Bombers have been ranked No. 1 among 82 teams in ection 5 throughout this seac;cm, and they also are ranked fifth in the staU! sports writers poU.

Thcl!\e accomplishments are due, in large part, w Quann.

MHe keep~. us m hnc," said LaPietra. MHe keeps us in shape and makes us work E'Ven harder."

Qumn said, Ml contribuU! to the kids' willin~tne!ls to work above and beyond the call of duty. I'm willing to put my heart and souJ into it. The kids see that and they respond.~

A husband for 27 years and the father of SIX children, Quinn's work day as athletic director and coach averages between 12 and 16 hours. Still, he finds

the time to run two to three miles live t1mes a week, as well as lift weights three times a week ... If you demand something, you've got to set the example,~ he said.

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Quinn feels his responsibility to lead by example continues outside of school, as well.

"When you're in the limeJjght you have a certain way you have to Jive," he said. "You owe it to society.

"I won't go into a bar in this community because a lot of people respect me. I don't want to lead them astray."

He feels little pressure standing in the village of East RochesU!r's limelight because his measure of succe<iS is not in victories and defeat..s, but by .. how happy you are."

"I can't say there's a happier man in the world then me," he said. "I've got a wonderful wife (Susan), six wonderful children (Don, 27; Diane, 25; Linda, 24; Tim, 17; Mike, 15, and Patrick, 12), and a very comfortable life

"I enJOY what I'm doing and I enjoy the people I'm around."

He'll remain a coach until "at's no longer fun."

"I feel I'U always have something to offer kids," the long-time member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes added.

"I'd Hke to be remembered, not as a winning coach, but as one who has tried to give his life and little talents to help young people have faith.~

RECORD AT EAST ' ER 33 Sweet home 16 ER 61 Pittsford Sutherland 0 ER 38 Webster

M17 Webster 13 ER 24 Olean 23 ER 24 Irondequoit 18 EA 28 Card1nat Mooney ER 30 Pittsford

10 ER 27 Eastr•dge 13 ER 45 Penfield

19 2 8

15 5 52 Ptttstord 39 IrondequOit

12 ER 40 Pen held 18 ER 4 7 EdiSOn 5 14 ER 36 Honeoye Falls-lima 13 EA 33 Getes·Chlh

S4 Aush·Henroetta ) Record 4·0 .11243

13 ER 34 R H Sperry 13 ER 30 HiltOn

IS ER 32 East 23 13 EA 30 Attica 18

ER 28 Cananda•gua EA 24 Eastridge 14 EA 21 IrondeqUOit 24

11 6 9

II til 20 New Har1tord 30 ~R 11 Fulton 39 EA 48 P1ttsford 7 EA 45 A·H Sperry 16 EA 38 IrondequOit IS ER 52 Card1nat Mooney 12 ~A 44 Webster Thomas 9 ER 32 Webster Schroeder 16 EA 26 Br.ghton 18 ER ~2 Penfield 18 EA 30 Fa~rport 15 ER 30 Spencerport 15 ER 24 Cananda•gua 23

Record 11·2 lllt1...S2 ER 35 New Hertford 29 EA 13 Fulton 45 ~f\ 31 A·H Sperry 28 ~R 53 Pittsford Sutherland 3 if'\.35 Irondequoit 27 ER 25 Bnghton 24 EA 37 PittSford Mendon 14 ~R"22 Penfield 30 EA 29 Fa1rpor1 14 EA 44 Webster Schroeder 6 ER 23 Olean 3 1

· ER 23 Cardona! Mooney 18 !Ill 17 Cananda'!lua 29 ER 20 Broellport 25

Record 9-5 1930-11 ER 33 New Hartford 23 EA 20 Fulton 32 EA 41 R-H Sperry 17 EA 60 P•ttaford Sutherland 12 E P 34 P1ttsford Mendon 23 ER 49 Olean 3 ER 38 Palmyra-Macedon 19 E R 2 I IrondequOit 25 f;R 16 Bnghton 26 t R 4 t Webster Schroeder 1 1 l:R 43 Fa~rporl 11 ~ R 33 Penhold 17 ER 6~ Eastridge 3 ER 38 Gates-Ch11i I 5 ER 15 Canandaigua 33

Record 11·4 1879·80 ER 66 Plttaford Sutherland 3 ER 17 Irondequoit 35 E R 4 7 Webster Schroeder 8 f R 15 Fulton 3 I ~ 34 Br.ghton 16 ~ 26 P1ttaford Mendon 17 ER.,29 Penheld 20 JB.25 Faorport 28 ~ 23 Sv.Hthome 2 I ~ Otun 17 45 A·H Sl'ry 18

~~Palmyra-Macedon 21 &A:r~ Gate&·Chili 22 ~11 Canand~ua 38

d 10·4 ,..79 P•ttr.tord &thtftand 2

Nl!.o- wayne 16 p a McQuaid 11

Webatm Scnroecklt t IrondeqUOit 12 8f.ghton 24 Canandaogua 25

~~li P•ttatord Mendon 1:1 liA 35 Faorport 't 19 !R 52 Eastridge 6

Record 13-2 11n-n

ER 42 Bnghton 5 ER 18 Myndorse 18 EA 33 AuSh-Henrl9tta EA 33 Pittsford Mendon 13 Record 13..().1

1917-&8 ER 42 P1ttstord EA 33 Webster ER 29 IrondequOit 21

ER 35 Webster Schroedl!f 16 ER 13 Cananda•gua 29 EA 22 Hilton 21 ER 38 Greece Arcadoa

ER 38 Br.ghton 8 ER 31 Spencerport

ER 29 McOuaod 19 ER 23 Canandaigua 20 ER 48 Br.ghton 6 ER 51 Penfield 6 E R 56 Pittsford Mendon 3 ER 61 Eastndge 6 ER 47 Kearney 9 ER 36 Sperry IS ER 18 Olean 30 ER 75 Sweethome 23 ER 60 Ptttsford Sutherland 23 ER 27 Fairport 23 ER 25 Hilton 25

Record 12 2· t ma-n ER 38 Webster Schroeder 13 ER 45 Bnghton 5 ER 47 Pittsford Mondon 2 ER 30 Eastridge 16 ER 37 Pontletd 9 EA 16 FairpOrt 32 EA 45 Kearney 1 EA 26 Canandaigua 20 ER 25 A- H Sperry 22 ER 48 P1tt~tord Sutherland 2 ER 26 lrondequoot 19 ER 46 VICtOr 17 EA 55 Geneva 9 ER 36 Attoca 13

Record 13· 1 1175-71 ER 33 Bnghton 13 ER 30 Plllstord Mondon IS ER 30 Newark 17 ER 38 Wayne 16 ER 32 Pent.eld 18 ER 25 Faorport 18 EA 27 Eastrodge t9 EA 29 McOua•d 21 ER 25 Sperry 20 ER 59 P•nsford Sutheftand 2 ER 29 VICtor 20 ER 32 Irondequoit 12 ER 37 Webster Schroeder 11 FA 20 Cananda•gua 26 ER 30 Spencerport 17

Record 14· 1 1974·75 ER 37 Ptttatord Mendon 16 ER 13 McQuaid 33 ER 27 Penfllld 18 ER 39 Card•nal Mooney 16 ER 22 Fa~tport 2• ER 28 Eastrodge 17 ER 17 Aush-Hennetta 27 ER 70 Pottstord Sutherland 0 ER 32 BIShop Kearney 18 ER 38 Wayne 16 £R 21 Cananda~gue 26 ER 31 Brighton I:? [A 391rondoqUOtt 21 ER 35 East t2 [A 23 Cllurthvllle-Olill 23

Record 10·4·1

Record 14-2 t9n-n ER 2~ B1shop Kearney ER 40 Fa~rport ER 21 McOuaod ER 49 Brighton EA 24 Card1nal Mooney E A 30 P1ttstord ER 25 Webster ER 18 Canandatgua ER 39 Penfield ER 16 Atllca ER 47 Honeoye Falls-L1ma ER 12 Eastndge ER 18 Aush-Henroetla ER 2:! lrondequo1 ER 13 H11ton

Record 8-6· 1 1971·72 ER 33 Cardinal Mooney ER 40 Greece Athena ER 39 Fa1rpor1 EA 32 Bnghton ER 27 Pittsford ER 33 Irondequoit EA 37 Penhold ER 17 Rush ER 23 Canandaogua ER 27 Webster ER 25 Eastndge ER 36 Churchvolle·Chth

Record 11·1 1971).71 ER ~0 Greece Otyml)la fR 23 lrOndPQUOII ER 37 Fauport ER 28 Greece Arcad•a EA 3 I Bnghton EA 38 Potlsford ER 30 Penfoeld ER 24 Eastrtdge ER 5 1 Honeoye Falls-Lima ffi 36 Webster ER 16 Rush·Henrletta ER 25 Cananda1gua ER 24 Irondequoit

Record 12·1 , 1969-70 ER 34 Pittsford ER ~ 1 Honeoye Falla· L•ma ER 19 RuSh-Henrietta ER 25 Bnghton ER 23 Cananda.gua ER 32 lrondequoll ER •o Webster E A 24 Greece Arcad•a ER ~2 Penfield ER 27 Faorpor1 ER 25 Myndtrse ER 26 Eastridge ER 40 Cardona! Mooney ER 17 SpencefPOII

Rocord 12·1·1 , ........ 1173-74 EA 4 2 Pet1 field

ER 47 Honeoye Fall$-Lima 12 ER 37 EdoSort

ER 26 Cardltl81 Mooney ER 25 McOun•d EA 40 Faorport ER 21 Eutndge ER 24 Aush·Henrtetta ER 35 BIShOP Kearney

17 EA 24 B11hop Kearney 31 ER 31 Pentoeld IS E A 4 I lrond~uaot 20 ER 37 Faorport 18 E A 25flush·Henr•ella 6 ER 33 Bnghton

EA 25 Eastrtdge 27 ER 21 AuSh-Henroetta 18 ER 48 Penfield 18 ER 32 Fauport 10 ER 32 Irondequoit 2 I ER 29 Card1na1 Mooney 15 ER 28 Webster IS ER 35 B•shop Kearney 40 ER 26 PIIISfOrd 8 EA 5:1 Honeoye Falls· Lima

29 ER 22 Cananda•gua 6 EA 35 East

30 ER 21 Eastrtdge 19 Record 14·1 23 1~7 30 EA 44 Cardinal Mooney

ER 27 Auah·Honrtetta ER 21 Penfield

17 ER 42 Irondequoit 13 ER 32 East 12 EA 31 Fairport I I ER 25 B1$hOp Kearney 15 ER 35 Card1na1 Mooney

8 Record 13-2 21 17 0

10 15 6

12 8

14 0

17 II 25

1M2-t3 ER ~3 Webster 9 E A 3 1 SperiCerport 17 ER 38 Brockpor1 18 ER 28 Bnghton 11 EA 29 P1ttstord 14 ER 31 Hilton 13 ER 35 Greece Olympia 13 ER 32 Eastndge 10 ER 35 Penf•eld 11 ER 32 Fa11port 14 EA 28 Honeoye Falls-Lima 23 ER 34 Gates-Chlh 12 ER 30 Irondequoit 21

o ER 42 Rush-Henrie tta 0 18 Record· 14-0 19 8 1M1...S2 7 EA 14 Irondequoit

16 ER 58 Rush-Hennetta

14 ER 44 P11lsford 8 ER 39 Webster

10 0 5

13 ER 28 Webster II ER 45 Spencerport EA 35 Brockporl ER 37 Bnghton

11 8 9 8 3

18 14 16 8

12 ER 24 Potlaford 18 32 ER 43 Honeoye Falls-lima 5

ER 49 Hilton 20 EA 23 Cananda~gua 16 ER 30 Greece Olympia ER 3~ Eastndga

15 E R 30 Bnghton 6 20 EA 40 Churchv•lle-Chill 8

EA 30 Penfield 15 EA 25 Eastridge 17 ER 42 Fa1rpor1

6 17 3 II 13 s

16 19 2 6

20 16 20

Record 15.0 11165-18 ER 36 Gatn-CM ER 40 Fa11por1 EA 32 Cardinal Mooney ER 35 Cananda•gua ER 31 P1ttstord ER 32 Penfield ER 34 Eall ER 18 IrondequOit fA 17 Eastndga ER 24 Webater ER 22 Brighton ER 24 Bishop Kearney EA 27 Rush· Henrietta

Record 11·2

1864-tS IO [A 37 Gates·Chlll J 19 ER 34 Brtghton

18 ER 48 Penfield

17 ER 39 Fauport EA 36 Webster 12 EA 47 Greece Arcadll 5

17 E A 54 Spencerport

5 ER 27 Eastndge

16 ER 38 Hilton EA 28 lrondequo•t 13 ER 37 Aush·Henrl8ttl 12

16 ER 48 Pittsford ER ~0 Greece Olym~Mt 27 EA 37 ChurthYIIIe·Chili EA 50 8fot~ port

Record 1&-0 0 11 18 1113 ... 11 ER 36 Br~porl 8 ER 18 Bnghton

10 ER ~8 H••ton 19 ER 45 Greece Otymp11 11 ER 41 Churchvlllt·Chill

ER 39 Honeoye Falls-Lima

1~ ER ~6 Gates-Ch•h

8 Record 14.0

14 1MH1

3 0

10 ER 51 Rush-Hennetta 5 19 ER 51 IrondeqUOit 2 lA ER 53 Fa~rport 2 11 ER ~9 H1lton 5 22 EA 46 Spencerport 8 24 ER 39 Eastndge 9 19 ER 23 Brockport 17 16 ER 31 McQuaid 16 20 ER 46 Honeoye Falls-Lima 0 19 EA 31 Gate.s·Chlll 9

ER 26 Penfield 18 EA 28 Brtghton 18

11 ER 27 Webster 17 8 ER 28 Greece Otymp•a 18 6 Record 14-0 3 1958-60

11 ER 39 RuSh·Hennella 11 3 ER 25 Honeoye Fells-L•ma 24 0 ER 36 Newark 13

15 ER 42 Gates-Chill tO 8 EA 36 McOua1d 16

12 ER 3~ Penf1eld 14 8 ER 35 Brockport tO o ER 19 Webster 27 8 EA 23 Spencerport 23 9 EA 22 Penl•etd 22 0 ER 3~ Greece Olyml)la 12

ER 27 M,c:Oua•d 18 E R 29 Eastnd~ 11

RIICOid 10·1·2 1951-58

14 ER 23 McOuaod 22 ER 10 AuSh·Henr~etta 5 ER 44 Greece Olympia 3 Record 1·2

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