Trooper Taylor has spent over a decade coaching wide receivers, primarily in the Southeastern and Big 12 conferences.
15 Facts About Trooper Taylor
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Trooper Taylor grew up in Cuero, Texas, and was raised in a family of 16.
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Trooper Taylor earned his bachelor's degree from Baylor University in 1992 and is married to Evi Crosby-Taylor, who was a track and field scholarship athlete at Baylor.
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Trooper Taylor played defensive back for the Baylor Bears from 1988 to 1991 and finished his playing career as the school's leader in kickoff returns and return yardage.
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Trooper Taylor spent five years with the Green Wave before joining Phillip Fulmer's staff at Tennessee.
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Trooper Taylor served as running backs coach before being promoted to assistant head coach of player development in 2005, which called on him to manage the academic and social direction and development of student-athletes in conjunction with their position coaches and the coordinators.
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In 2006, Trooper Taylor coached the wide receivers, helping the Vols to a 12th ranked pass offense.
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Fulmer instead chose Dave Clawson and Trooper Taylor left UT to take a job as co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Oklahoma State under Mike Gundy, with whom he had previously coached at Baylor in 1996.
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On January 5,2009, new head coach Gene Chizik hired Trooper Taylor to serve as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach at Auburn.
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Trooper Taylor has experience coaching in 9 bowl games including the 1994 Alamo Bowl, 2002 Hawaii Bowl, 2005 Cotton Bowl Classic, 2007 Outback Bowl, 2008 Outback Bowl, 2008 Holiday Bowl, 2010 Outback Bowl, the 2011 BCS National Championship Game, and the 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl.
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Trooper Taylor took over as interim head coach for Duke following Elko's departure.
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Trooper Taylor has served as position coach for a number of prominent players over his career.
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Trooper Taylor coached the nation's top receiving trio in 2001: Adrian Burnette, Kerwin Cook, and Terrell Harris, who combined to lead the country with 2,384 receiving yards on 185 catches.
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Trooper Taylor coached future NFL wide receiver Robert Meachem to All-America honors in 2006.
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In 2008, Trooper Taylor coached Oklahoma State's All-American receiver Dez Bryant into the 3rd leading receiver in the nation with catches totaling nearly 114 yards per game.