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Media Guide - University of St. Francis Athletics

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Patrick J. Sullivan Center<br />

PAT SULLIVAN CENTER/PAT QUIGLEY COURT<br />

The centerpiece of St. Francis Athletics – the Pat Sullivan Center – opened in 1986 and serves as the home<br />

venue for the Saints’ men’s and women’s basketball teams and volleyball team. The facility also houses<br />

the athletic department offices, the athletic training room, the USF Fitness Center, two racquetball courts,<br />

a golf hitting studio and numerous locker rooms.<br />

The Recreation Center was renamed the Pat Sullivan Center in the fall of 2010. Sullivan was the long-time<br />

men’s basketball coach (1976-2010), director of athletics (1986-2000) and athletics chairman (2000-10)<br />

for the Saints prior to his retirement following the 2009-10 basketball season.<br />

The playing court in the Sullivan Center was named after the late Pat Quigley back in 1994. Quigley, a<br />

member of the USF Hall of Fame who completed his basketball playing career in 1981, lost his battle<br />

with cancer in 1994. Several of his USF teammates, led by his close friends Mike Brennan and Ron Kenny,<br />

spearheaded a drive to donate scholarship funds in honor of their classmate and have the court dedicated<br />

in his memory.<br />

The Sullivan Center has taken on a new look in the past two years. New scoreboards and a courtside<br />

scorer’s table and message center were added prior to the 2010-11 seasons. A large banner with the<br />

Fighting Saints’ new logo was displayed on the west wall. The playing court was refinished and repainted<br />

in the summer of 2011 and new wall padding and a new sound system were added this past summer.

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