"Richard Walter Quick" was the head coach of the women's swim team at Stanford University, from 1988 through 2005. He was coach for the US Olympic Games/Olympic team for six Olympics—1984 Summer Olympics/1984, 1988 Summer Olympics/1988, 1992 Summer Olympics/1992, 1996 Summer Olympics/1996, 2000 Summer Olympics/2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics/2004. Following the 2007 season, he returned to Auburn University as head coach of the men's and women's swimming and diving team.

At the Sydney Olympics he led the women's team to sixteen medals. At Stanford he won seven National Collegiate Athletic Association/NCAA titles and developed 35 NCAA champions, winning five NCAA Coach of the Year honors and three Pacific-12 Conference/Pac-10 Coach of the Year awards. His most successful swimmer is Jenny Thompson who has won eight Olympic Golds. Other notable Olympians coached by Quick include Rowdy Gaines/Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, Steve Lundquist, Summer Sanders, Dara Torres and Misty Hyman. He previously was head women's swimming coach at the University of Texas, where his teams won five consecutive NCAA titles (1984–1988).

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Coaching at Stanford was a dream come true for me, ... It was everything that I could have dreamed possible. There were so many thrills and wonderful experiences, and so few disappointments. I consider myself blessed to have been able to be in my position at Stanford for 17 years and to have been a collegiate swimming head coach for 29.

I do have some other opportunities that I hope to pursue, but they will be secondary to spending time with my family, ... I've heard coaches say that when they get close to a point where they're ready to retire, and when I was younger I didn't really understand that. But as you get a little order, you do begin to understand it, and that's where I am.

This is my last swimming meet as a coach, and it's kind of a strange feeling because I've wanted to be a swimming coach since I was 12-years-old, ... The biggest thing I'm going to miss is being a partner with the athletes and living their dreams. I just loved that, and I'm going to miss it a lot. But, I'm closing out this phase of my life, and I'm very excited about where I'm headed.

Her 10th birthday was last May, but she wanted to wait to have the party until I could be there, ... We're going to have it at the swimming pool at my house.