| Title: | Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach |
| Phone: | 931-372-3936 |
| Email: | squinn@tntech.edu |
Shawn Quinn has coaching experience at Western Carolina, Charleston Southern, Northwestern State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana Lafayette, plus SEC programs at Tennessee and LSU.
For the last three years, Quinn served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at WCU, leading a resurgence of the Catamount defense. Prior to his move to Western Carolina, he coached one season at Charleston Southern where his defensive unit led the Big South Conference in pass defense and ranking third in scoring and total defense.
Quinn additionally has previous coordinator experience from a year working as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Northwestern State, and two seasons at Georgia Southern coaching linebackers while also serving as the Eagles’ recruiting coordinator. AT GSU, he helped the Eagles win the 2011 Southern Conference championship and achieve two FCS semi-final playoff appearances.
Quinn began his coaching career at the high school level, coaching outside linebackers and tight ends for a year at Armuchee (Ga.) High before spending five years coaching at Maryville (Tenn.) High where he helped lead the team to the 1998 Tennessee Class 4-A state championship. He then landed on the staff of former University of Tennessee head coach, Phillip Fulmer from 1999-2002, as an offensive graduate assistant, taking part in the Vols' 2001 SEC East Championship. Quinn coached in three bowl games under Fulmer.
From 2002-07, Quinn coached outside linebackers and the defensive line at Louisiana-Lafayette, helping win the 2005 Sun Belt championship. He also worked as a defensive line assistant for LSU during the 2008 season.
Quinn has coached and recruited several NFL players, most notably Jason Whitten (Dallas), Tyson Jackson (Atlanta), Charles Tillman (Carolina), Darius Eubanks (Tampa Bay) and Jeremy Lane (Seattle).
A four-year starter along the defensive line at Carson-Newman College, Quinn was an All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) selection, helping the Eagles claim four conference championships. He graduated with a degree in history and political science in 1995 before earning a master's degree from Lincoln Memorial University.
