Billy Taylor (basketball coach)
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 12, 1973 |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1995 | Notre Dame |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–1999 | Notre Dame (asst.) |
| 1999–2002 | UNC Greensboro (asst.) |
| 2002–2007 | Lehigh |
| 2007–2013 | Ball State |
| 2013–2016 | Iowa (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 165-168 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
Patriot League Tournament Championship (2004) Patriot League Regular Season Championship (2004) |
|
| Awards | |
| Patriot League Coach of the Year (2003, 2004) | |
Billy Taylor (born June 12, 1973) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Ball State University. 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 CPA, 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 UNC-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. Their eleven-game improvement over the year before was the second best in all of Division I. For his outstanding efforts, Taylor earned the 2002–03 Patriot League Coach of the Year honors in voting by the league coaches. In 2003-04, Taylor led Lehigh to its first-ever Patriot League regular season and tournament championships, as well as a trip to the NCAA tournament. For his efforts, Taylor earned the league's Coach of the Year honor for the second time in as many seasons, becoming the first coach since Gonzaga's Mark Few to win conference coach of the year honors in each of his first two seasons as a head coach.
In 2005-06, Lehigh posted the third-most wins in school history with its 19-12 overall mark and a school-record 11 Patriot League wins.
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