Profile: Hemophiliac Hockey Coach

The above video is a profile of Boston University Terrier Hockey head coach David Quinn that accompanied a recent University article.  Quinn took over the reigns of the young program (9 freshman) from the legendary Jack Parker who had coached the previous 40 seasons winning 3 NCAA championships.

David Quinn, a defenseman, was drafted out of highschool (13th overall selection, Minnesota North Stars), elected instead to go to Boston University on a scholarship, and ultimately was forced to give up playing hockey in 1988 after learning that he had Hemophilia B during his tryout for the 1988 US Hockey team.

In 1991, with the help of CSL Behring’s MonoNine, he was able to make a return to the game he loved.  He played for the Binghamton Rangers and the Cleveland Lumberjacks before lacing up his skates for the last time as a player.  Quinn then went on to coach hockey, first at Northeastern University, then at the University of Nebraska-Omaha where he coached for six years before joining USA Hockey as a developmental coach.  He then returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach and helped the Terriers to their 2009 NCAA Championship.

In June of 2009 he was introduced as the head coach for the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL, an affilate organization of the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche.  In June of 2012 he was promoted to an assistant for the Avalanche.  But, in March of 2013 Quinn was named the 11th head coach of Boston University.

His team is currently sitting at 7-13-2.  We will continue to follow Coach Quinn and his team’s progress here at webleed.org.  Good luck and GOOOO TERRIERS!

Further reading: Coach Quinn’s Bio on the BU Athletics Website; Baltimore Sun Article from 1991 about Quinn’s return to hockey; More about Hemophilia

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Posted: January 22nd, 2014 by WeBleed staff