Quincy Watts

Biography

USC Alum, Olympic great and 2025 NCAA Men's Coach of the Year Quincy Watts is in his fifth season at the helm of the program. He was promoted to USC Director of Track and Field and Cross Country on June 17, 2021 after eight seasons on Caryl Smith Gilbert’s staff as an assistant in charge of sprints, long hurdles and relays. In his 12 seasons working with USC athletes, he has guided the Trojans to two NCAA Team Championship titles and 160 indoor and outdoor All-American honors. His Trojan athletes also claimed 24 NCAA event titles and 46 conference crowns. He led his student-athletes to set three collegiate records and 32 school records plus all four USC freshman 400-meter records and the women's 400-meter hurdles freshman record. In addition to 2025 NCAA Men's Coach of the Year recognition, Watts also received honors as 2025 NCAA West Region Men's & Women's Coach of the Year. At the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships, Watts won his first team title on the men’s side and coached Dajaz Defrand to the Indoor 60m Championship title. He achieved back-to-back team titles at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships where the men took home the title and the women earned runner-up. He also produced two NCAA Outdoor Champions with Samirah Moody taking the 100m outdoor title and the women's 4x100 relay team placing first. Additionally, Watts was voted Women's Coach of the 2025 Big Ten Championships by unanimous decision after leading the Women of Troy to the Big Ten Outdoor Team Championship. He