Career
Taneyhill was a quarterback for the University of South Carolina from 1992 to 1995. He set a lot of still standing records. Taneyhill was also much known for his crazy antics as a quarterback.
Taneyhill wore his hair in a mullet that was so long, it practically obscured his name on the back of his jersey.
He also caught the wrath of the Tennessee Volunteers in a Gamecock defeat when he made fun of their beloved "Rocky Top."
As a Gamecocks quarterback, Taneyhill compiled 8,380 yards in total offense, completing 753 of 1,245 passes. He threw 62 touchdown passes in his career.
In 2006, he led his Chesterfield High School football team to the state championship, where they lost to Carvers Bay. The Rams repeated as champs in 2008.
Taneyhill also coached at a Cambridge Academy, a small, private school in Greenwood, South Carolina (U.S.) He led the 8-man team to back-to-back state titles and a runner up the year after.
He was the quarterbacks coach at West Ashley in Charleston, South Carolina (U.S.), for one year in between his jobs at Cambridge and Chesterfield. Taneyhill was also the High School coach of NFL first round draft pick Gaines Adams who went on to play for Tampa Bay and Chicago during his professional career before Adams" untimely death in 2010. Taneyhill assumed the head coaching spot for the Union County High School Yellow Jackets in Union, South Carolina on March 1, 2012.
