ORANGEBURG, SC—The South Carolina State men's basketball team announced the addition of Peter Quinn and Raheem Waller to the Bulldog coaching staff.
QUINN brings a wealth of knowledge with over twenty years of coaching experience on the NCAA Division I and II levels to Orangeburg. During his coaching career, he has also recruited and mentored two Division II All-Americans, as well as six student-athletes who were named First Team All-Conference, four who earned All-Metropolitan Team accolades, three Conference Freshman of the Year winners, an ECAC Freshman of the Year; and a Division II Bulletin All-Freshman team player.
Aside from his time in college basketball, Peter served as the Assistant Post-Grad Basketball Coach at Fork Union Military Academy (VA) where helped the program to a national Top Five ranking prior to his departure in Feb. 2022. He also spent a season as the Assistant Boys' Basketball Coach at St. Mary's Ryken HS (MD), which competes in the acclaimed Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC).
Several of his former players enjoyed professional basketball careers in the United States (NBDL, ABA, TBL), Australia (NBL, Big V, SEABL), Spain (Liga ACB, LEB Oro), Portugal (LCB), Germany (Bundesliga), Great Britain (BBL), Argentina (LLA), Slovakia (SBL, formerly 'Extraliga'), Czech Republic (NBL) and Japan (JPBL).
Before his coaching tenure, Quinn performed multiple duties inside numerous athletic departments, including Assistant Sports Information Director, Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach, Assistant Cross Country Coach, Home and Road Event Coordinator, and Academic Enrichment Advisor.
A native of Bronx, NY, he attended Pfeiffer University (NC) where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Liberal Arts.
WALLER, a former player for the Bulldogs, returns for a second coaching stint with the South Carolina State men's basketball staff after previously serving as the Director of Player Development at Alabama State University.
Waller's collegiate coaching career also includes stops at the Junior College, Division I and Division II levels. He began his coaching journey with a one-year stint at Elizabeth City State University in 2004-05. He also made stops at Chipola College, University of West Georgia, Georgia State University, Coastal Carolina, as well as fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) schools Florida A&M, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Savannah State.
The South Carolina State alum also served on the staffs of former national coaches of the year Cliff Ellis (Coastal Carolina) and Rod Barnes (Georgia State).
During the 2013-14 season, Waller helped guide Chipola College to a 26-6 record, an appearance in the Panhandle Conference Championship, NJCAA Region VIII/FCSAA Championship, and an Elite Eight appearance at the NJCAA National Tournament. The Indians' team featured the top junior college player in the country in Cinmeon Bowers. All five starting sophomores from the 2013-14 team signed NCAA Division I scholarships: Bowers (Auburn), Sam Cassell, Jr. (UConn), Torian Graham (Houston), Carlos Morris (Minnesota), and Demetrious Floyd (Stephen F. Austin).
Waller also spent three seasons as head coach at Buford High School in South Carolina, where he coached his teams to two playoff appearances and earned Region Coach of the Year honors.
Before beginning his coaching career, Waller embarked on a professional basketball career in the International Basketball League (IBL), United States Basketball League (USBL), and several leagues worldwide.
The former standout and team captain at South Carolina State earned all-conference and all-tournament honors while helping his alma mater to MEAC titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 1996 and 1998.
He earned his bachelor's degree in industrial technology from South Carolina State in 1999 and a master's in Sport Management from American Public University in 2016.
Waller is the proud father of twin sons, Jacob and Matthew.
