Women's Cross Country
Watts, Quincy
Quincy Watts
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Quincy Watts is in his second season on the CSUN staff. He works primarily with the distance runners and assists with the cross country team.
Prior to joining the Matadors, Watts was an assistant coach at Harvard-Westlake High School where he helped develop one of the strongest distances programs in the country. Watts began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Taft High, where he went to high school.
Watts, attended USC, specializing in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, before turning into the best 400-meter runner in USC history. The four-year (1989-92) letterman won the 1992 NCAA 400-meter race in a meet record time of :44.00 which stood for 25 years. Watts also ran the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay team which set the school record of 3:00.58 and placed second. The year before he finished second in the 400m at the 1991 NCAA Championships.  Watts also was a wide receiver on USC football team in 1990. Watts was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.
Watts was a two-time gold medalist at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. He twice broke Lee Evans' Olympic record in winning the 400 meters. Watts ran :43.71 in the semifinal before clocking a time of :43.50 in the final (which still stands as the USC record). Watts became the first 400m athlete to run sub-44.0 in a championship meet. He then teamed with Andrew Valmon, Michael Johnson and Steve Lewis to win the gold in the 4x400 meter relay in a then-world record time of 2:55.74. Watts ran the second leg in a blistering 43.10 which is among the fastest in the world. He also earned a gold medal in the 4x400 relay at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany which still is the world record and a silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
He was ranked in the world Top 10 in the 400m for four consecutive years (1991-94), including No. 1 in 1992. In the 1600m relay at the World Championships, he won a silver medal in 1991 and a gold medal in 1993 (in world record time).
After suffering a debilitating back injury from a car accident in 1995, he was forced to retire, hanging up his spikes for good in 2001.
A native of Detroit, Mich., Watts prepped at Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif. before attending USC. Â
Prior to joining the Matadors, Watts was an assistant coach at Harvard-Westlake High School where he helped develop one of the strongest distances programs in the country. Watts began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Taft High, where he went to high school.
Watts, attended USC, specializing in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, before turning into the best 400-meter runner in USC history. The four-year (1989-92) letterman won the 1992 NCAA 400-meter race in a meet record time of :44.00 which stood for 25 years. Watts also ran the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay team which set the school record of 3:00.58 and placed second. The year before he finished second in the 400m at the 1991 NCAA Championships.  Watts also was a wide receiver on USC football team in 1990. Watts was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.
Watts was a two-time gold medalist at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. He twice broke Lee Evans' Olympic record in winning the 400 meters. Watts ran :43.71 in the semifinal before clocking a time of :43.50 in the final (which still stands as the USC record). Watts became the first 400m athlete to run sub-44.0 in a championship meet. He then teamed with Andrew Valmon, Michael Johnson and Steve Lewis to win the gold in the 4x400 meter relay in a then-world record time of 2:55.74. Watts ran the second leg in a blistering 43.10 which is among the fastest in the world. He also earned a gold medal in the 4x400 relay at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany which still is the world record and a silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
He was ranked in the world Top 10 in the 400m for four consecutive years (1991-94), including No. 1 in 1992. In the 1600m relay at the World Championships, he won a silver medal in 1991 and a gold medal in 1993 (in world record time).
After suffering a debilitating back injury from a car accident in 1995, he was forced to retire, hanging up his spikes for good in 2001.
A native of Detroit, Mich., Watts prepped at Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif. before attending USC. Â
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