Athletics Directory
Janice Quinn
Administrative Staff
Associate Director for Athletics
Telephone: 998-2033
Email: jq1@nyu.edu
After serving 14 years as an Assistant Director of Athletics at New York University, Janice Quinn was promoted to the position of Associate Director prior to the 2001-02 academic year.
Quinn is responsible for all day-to-day management of the intercollegiate program, including the supervision of coaches, coordination of playing and practice seasons, schedule planning, and travel. She supervises NYU Hall of Fame and Violet Booster Club activities, the annual NYU Golf Outing and other fundraising events, department video productions, and all varsity special competitions and events. Quinn coordinates the department’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and serves on the University Athletic Association (UAA) Delegates and Athletic Administrator’s Advisory committees.
Quinn began her association with NYU in 1981 as a student-athlete, playing four years for the Violets’ women’s basketball team. She then served two seasons as an assistant coach before becoming the program’s head coach in 1987. Quinn became the first Violet women’s basketball player to score 1,000 points and was inducted into NYU’s Hall of Fame in 1993.
Quinn earned her dual baccalaureate degree with honors in economics and metropolitan studies from NYU in 1985 and was a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economics honor society. She earned a master’s degree in finance and management from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service and the Stern School of Business. Her master’s thesis specialized in health care in low-income neighborhoods of the South Bronx and included special research for the United Hospital Fund.
In addition to her administrative duties, Quinn has directed a national-caliber women’s basketball program for the past 20 years. Her teams have compiled a 439-116 (.791) overall record, have reached the NCAA Tournament 13 times and have made postseason appearances in each of her 20 seasons. In 1996-97, Quinn led the Violets to the Division III National Championship, while her team returned to the NCAA Final Four in 2006-07.
Quinn has received New York State Coach of the Year honors four times and Metropolitan Basketball Writers’ Association honors six times. And, in 1998, Quinn received the Ron Anderson Sportsmanship Award from the Metropolitan Collegiate Officials’ Association for her “display of the true essence of sport and competition.”
A native of Bay Shore, NY, Quinn is one of six children (she has four brothers and one sister) of James and Therese. She resides in Manhattan.