William S. Taylor was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas from 1926 to 1927, Morgan College (now known as Morgan State University) in 1928, Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania from 1929 to 1931, Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie (now known as Bowie State University), and Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N) (now known as the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) from 1937 to 1941. Taylor was also the athletic director at Lincoln from 1929 to 1932.[1]
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| Football | |
| 1924–1925 | Lincoln (PA) |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1927 | Samuel Huston |
| 1928 | Morgan |
| 1929–1931 | Lincoln (PA) |
| 1933–1934 | Bowie |
| 1937–1941 | Arkansas AM&N |
| Basketball | |
| 1928–1929 | Morgan |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1929–1932 | Lincoln (PA) |
| c. 1935 | Bowie |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SWAC (1926) | |
Taylor's 1926 Samuel Huston team won the Southwestern Athletic Conference title.[2] in 1937, Taylor married Amber B. L. Greene. The two mad met at Bowie State Normal School while Taylor served as athletic director and Green was the school's librarian.[3]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Huston Dragons (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1926–1927) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Samuel Huston | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1927 | Samuel Huston | 2–3 | 4th | ||||||
| Samuel Huston: | 7–3 | ||||||||
| Morgan Bears (Independent) (1928) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Morgan | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| Morgan: | 3–4–2 | ||||||||
| Lincoln Lions (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1929–1931) | |||||||||
| 1929 | Lincoln | 6–2–1 | 4–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1930 | Lincoln | 4–4–1 | 4–4–1 | ||||||
| 1931 | Lincoln | 7–3 | 7–1 | ||||||
| Lincoln: | 17–9–2 | 16–7–2 | |||||||
| Bowie Bulldogs (Middle Atlantic Athletic Association) (1933–1934) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Bowie | ||||||||
| 1934 | Bowie | ||||||||
| Bowie: | |||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N Lions (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1937–1940) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Arkansas AM&N | 7–0–3 | 3–0–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1938 | Arkansas AM&N | 4–4–1 | 2–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1939 | Arkansas AM&N | 6–3–1 | 3–2–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1940 | Arkansas AM&N | 3–8 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
| 1941 | Arkansas AM&N | 1–7–1 | 0–5–1 | T–6th | |||||
| Arkansas AM&N: | 21–22–6 | 8–16–6 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Bill Taylor Lincoln Football Coach is Out". California Eagle. Los Angeles, California. June 24, 1932. p. 9. Retrieved July 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Mohr, Dean (December 11, 1926). "Samuel Houston Declared Winner Of Southwestern Conference Grid Title". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 13. Retrieved December 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Bill Taylor Weds Miss Amber Greene". The Afro-American. Baltimore, Maryland. September 25, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved December 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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