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Trooper Taylor
Current position
TitleAssociate Head Coach/Running Backs Coach
TeamTexas A&M
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1970-02-20) February 20, 1970 (age 54)
Cuero, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1988–1991Baylor
Position(s)Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1997Baylor (GA/DB/WR)
1998New Mexico (RB)
1999–2003Tulane (WR)
2004–2007Tennessee (AHC/RB/WR)
2008Oklahoma State (co-OC/WR)
2009–2012Auburn (AHC/WR)
2014–2018Arkansas State (AHC/CB)
2019–2020Duke (WR)
2021Duke (AHC/CB)
2022–2023Duke (AHC/RB)
2023Duke (interim HC)
2024–presentTexas A&M (AHC/RB)
Head coaching record
Overall1–0
Bowls1–0

Carl "Trooper" Taylor (born February 20, 1970) is an American

wide receivers, primarily in the Southeastern and Big 12
conferences.

Personal life

Taylor grew up in Cuero, Texas, and was raised in a family of 16. He 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. The couple were wed in 1993 on the field at Baylor's Floyd Casey Stadium and have two children: a son, Blaise, and a daughter, Starr.

Coaching career

Taylor played

wide receivers coach in 1994. After coaching the secondary for two years, Taylor returned to coaching receivers before leaving Baylor to take the position coaching running backs at New Mexico
.

In 1999, head coach

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. In 2006, Taylor coached the wide receivers, helping the Vols to a 12th ranked pass offense.[2] Following the 2007 season when offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe took the head coaching position at Duke (taking the OL and RB coaches with him), Taylor was considered a candidate to take over the position full-time. Fulmer instead chose Dave Clawson and 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. With the help of Taylor's receivers, the 2008 Cowboys ranked 6th in the nation in offensive production.[3]

On January 5, 2009, new head coach

wide receivers coach
at Auburn.

Coach Taylor has been recognized as a top-25 national recruiter on six occasions (2005

247Sports.com,[8] ESPN[9] and Rivals.com[10] and 2012 by Rivals.com[11]). He 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
.

He took over as interim head coach for Duke following Elko's departure.[1]

Players coached

Taylor has served as position coach for a number of prominent players over his career. At Tulane, he coached four wideouts into the NFL, including

Washington Redskins
. He also 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.

During his time in Knoxville, he coached NFL backs Cedric Houston and Gerald Riggs Jr., who became Tennessee's only pair of 1,000-yard rushers in the same season in 2004. He also coached future NFL wide receiver Robert Meachem to All-America honors in 2006. Meachem was part of a trio of Vols receivers including Jayson Swain and Bret Smith that caught a combined 159 receptions for 2,439 yards and 22 touchdowns. With all three players gone in 2007, Taylor mentored the new pass-catching trio of Lucas Taylor, Austin Rogers and Josh Briscoe to a combined 175 catches for 2,130 yards and 14 touchdowns.

In 2008, 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.[12] Bryant was part of a potent Cowboys attack that ended ranked as the nation's 6th leading offense.[3]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Duke Blue Devils (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2023)
2023 Duke 1–0[a] 1–0 T–6th W Birmingham
Duke: 1–0 0–0
Total: 1–0
  1. ^ Taylor was named interim head coach for the team's bowl game following Mike Elko's departure to Texas A&M.

References

  1. ^ a b Rowe, Adam (November 27, 2023). "Breaking: Trooper Taylor named interim Duke Football head coach". The Devils Den. 247 Sports. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. NCAA
    . 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  3. ^
    NCAA
    . 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  4. ^ "Rivals.com Top 25 recruiters for 2005". Rivals.com. 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  5. ^ "Rivals.com Top 25 recruiters for 2007". Rivals.com. 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  6. ^ "Ed Orgeron, Charlie Strong among the top 25 recruiters". ESPN. 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  7. ^ "Class of 2010: Top 25 recruiters". Rivals.com. 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
  8. 247Sports.com
    . 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  9. ^ "Top football recruiters of the year". ESPN. 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  10. ^ "Southeast dominates list of top recruiters". Rivals.com. 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  11. Birmingham News
    . 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  12. NCAA
    . 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2009.

External links

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