Torenzo Quinn was named the defensive coordinator after serving as the defensive backs coach / passing game coordinator in 2023.
Last season (2024), Quinn led a defense that finished the season with eight all-conference selections and an All-American in Jeremiah Williams. The Tigers finished the year ranked in several categories including team passing efficiency defense (third), team defense (fourth), scoring defense (sixth), third down conversion percentage defense (seventh), passing yards allowed (ninth), passes intercepted (12th), rushing defense (13th), team tackles for loss (17th), turnovers gained (18th), team sacks (18th), sacks allowed (31st), fumbles recovered (35th), first downs defense (40th), and turnover margin (45th).
During his first season at Jackson State (2023), the team led the country in interceptions at the end of the regular season with 17.
Quinn was the safeties coach at Alcorn in 2022, where the Braves secondary got stronger as the year went on, registering at least one interception in seven of the final nine games, Prior to Alcorn, Quinn spent one year as offensive coordinator at Mississippi Delta Community College.
Prior to joining the MDCC staff, Quinn spent two seasons at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in several roles, including coaching the safeties and defensive backs and serving as the Assistant Head Coach and defensive passing game coordinator. While at UAPB, he guided the emergence of Shawn Steele into one of the SWAC’s top defensive backs. In 2019, Steele was tied for sixth in the SWAC in interceptions (three) and tied for the league lead in pass breakups with 18. Also, in 2019, Blake Conner led the team in both solo tackles (43) and total tackles (77) while also recording two interceptions and two forced fumbles.
Before UAPB, Quinn spent the 2016 season as a graduate assistant with the Alcorn State University football team, working primarily with the cornerbacks. In 2017 he was in charge of overseeing the defensive backs unit. As a graduate assistant, Quinn was part of a defensive staff that saw Alcorn rank 1st in the conference in fewest pass completions. The Braves were also #2 in total defense in the league, en route to its third consecutive SWAC East Division title.
Prior to Alcorn, Coach Quinn was the offensive coordinator at Ruleville Central High School in Ruleville, Mississippi, for three seasons.
Quinn is a 2010 graduate of the University of Memphis where he earned a degree in liberal studies. He played defensive back at Memphis and was a two-year starter at nickelback. He went on to earn his master’s degree in athletic coaching from North Central University in 2016.
