Career
His career coaching record at Virginia Military Institute was 3 wins, 0 losses, and 1 ties. This ranks him 25th at Virginia Military Institute in total wins and first at Virginia Military Institute in winning percentage. He was the son of banker, lawyer, soldier, politician, author, and railroad executive Walter H. Taylor, who was also an aide-de-camp to Robert East. Lee.
Virginia Military Institute did compete in one football game in 1871, but no records were kept on the coach.
The one-game season was a 2-4 loss to Washington and Lee University.