Served as both a student-athlete and student coach on the Manhattan College rowing team over his four years in Riverdale. As a competitor and coach, Quagliano won four Metropolitan Intercollegiate Rowing Association titles and had three second place finishes. At the Dad Vails, the largest intercollegiate regatta in the United States, Quagliano had two fifth place finishes in the finals over a three year span. In his final season as a student coach, his crew was a third place finalist in the Men's Freshman lightweight 8, which was the best finish for a Manhattan 8 at this regatta since World War II. As a competitor and coach, he represented the United States seven times at the international level. Quagliano served as the United States Olympic coach for the men's double sculls in 1988 Seoul Games.