Christian Taylor is an American football coach who is currently a defensive quality control coach for the Buffalo Bills.
| Buffalo Bills | |
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| Position: | Defensive quality control |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Yorktown, Virginia, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Grafton (Grafton, Virginia) |
| College: | William & Mary |
| Career history | |
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Playing career
editTaylor grew up in Yorktown, Virginia and attended Grafton High School.[1] He played college football at William & Mary, where he was a backup quarterback for four seasons and the Tribes' primary holder on field goal attempts for his final two seasons.[2]
Coaching career
editTaylor began his coaching career at William & Mary as a tight ends coach in 2008 and served as the Tribe's quarterbacks coach in 2009. He was hired as an offensive assistant at San Diego State by head coach Brady Hoke in 2010.[3] Taylor followed Hoke to Michigan after he was hired as the Wolverines' head coach in 2011.[4]
After one year as an offensive assistant at Michigan, Taylor was hired as the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of San Diego. Taylor spent two years with the Toreros before leaving to become the offensive coordinator at Illinois Wesleyan University.[5][6] IWU averaged a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin-high 34.3 points per game in 2015.[7]
Taylor returned to USD as the Toreros' wide receivers coach in 2016 and spent two seasons at that position before being promoted to co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2018. He was USD's sole offensive coordinator in 2019.[8]
Taylor hired as the offensive coordinator and running backs coach before the start of the 2020 season.[9] The Tribe led Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in 2021 with 205 rushing yards per game.[10]
On February 7, 2024, Taylor was named as defensive quality control coach for the Buffalo Bills under head coach Sean McDermott, who is also a William & Mary alumnus.[11]
References
edit- ^ "2006 William & Mary Tribe football media guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ "Grafton High, W&M alum Christian Taylor is named Tribe's offensive coordinator". The Virginian-Pilot. February 22, 2020.
- ^ "Teel: Running game on school-record pace as W&M returns to top 25". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 4, 2021.
- ^ "Former Grafton, W&M quarterback doing the grunt work as Michigan prepares for Sugar Bowl against Virginia Tech". Daily Press. December 24, 2011.
- ^ "IWU names Taylor as offensive coordinator". The Pantagraph. February 27, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ "Taylor Named Assistant Football Coach at IWU". IWUSports.com. February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Christian Taylor". USDToreros.com. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ "Another opening for assistant football coach at USD". The San Diego Union-Tribune. April 7, 2020.
- ^ "Christian Taylor returns to William & Mary as offensive coordinator". WTKR.com. February 29, 2020.
- ^ Feldman, Bruce (February 27, 2023). "William & Mary has the most creative offense in CFB. Here's what you might be missing". The Athletic.
- ^ "Bills hire Ronald Curry as QB coach, Jahmile Addae as CBs coach and Christian Taylor as defensive assistant". BuffaloBills.com. February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.