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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN HONOR OF JACK QUINN'S HISTORIC COACHING CAREER
WHEREAS Jack Quinn will be coaching his last football game at St. Rita in 2014, and
WHEREAS Coach Quinn's illustrious career spans 42 years, and
WHEREAS Coach Quinn has coached children of former players, including many who sent their sons to St. Rita just so they could be coached by Quinn, and
WHEREAS Coach Quinn has been coaching alongside his good friend Coach Gene Schaller for forty years, and
WHEREAS Coach Quinn and Coach Schaller have never had a losing season, and
WHEREAS Coach Quinn and Coach Schaller have molded thousands of young players, including former St. Rita and Wisconsin star Billy Marek, who played for them at Visitation, and John Foley, a standout player at St. Rita's grammar school who then starred at the high school and played for Notre Dame; and
WHEREAS Coach Quinn's legacy will be forever remembered by the St. Rita community, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County does hereby congratulate Jack Quinn on his storied coaching career; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the Official Proceedings of this Honorable Body, and that a suitable copy of the same be tendered to Coach Jack Quinn in commemoration of this occasion and in grateful acknowledgment of the lives that Jack Quinn has touched through his time as a coach.
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