Career
He previously held the same position at Lehigh University. He was an Honor Roll student and commencement speaker at West Aurora High School in Aurora, Illinois, and was recruited by Digger Phelps to play at Notre Dame, though he played under John MacLeod. After spending three years working for Arthur Andersen and earning his Certified Public Accountants, he took an assistant coaching position under MacLeod at Notre Dame in 1998.
One year later he followed former Lehigh head coach Fran McCaffery to University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
In 2002 he was offered the head coaching position at Lehigh. In his inaugural campaign, Taylor become the all-time winningest first-year coach in Lehigh history.
Coach Taylor and the Mountain Hawks surprised many by winning 16 games, including eight in the Patriot League. In 2003-2004, Taylor led Lehigh to its first-ever Patriot League regular season and tournament championships, as well as a trip to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.
In 2005-2006, Lehigh posted the third-most wins in school history with its 19-12 overall mark and a school-record 11 Patriot League wins.
In August 2007 he was offered and took the head coaching position at Ball State University. During his six seasons at Ball State (2007-2013), the Cardinals finished either first or second in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division three times and advanced to the MAC Tournament semifinals twice. Taylor coached nine all-conference selections and also mentored a MAC All-Freshman Team member five straight seasons.
Taylor rejoined Fran McCaffery prior to the 2013-2014 season at the University of Iowa.
Taylor has been on the Hawkeyes staff of back-to-back National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament teams (2013-2014 and 2014-2015).
