Joe Taylor (American football coach)
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 7, 1950 Washington, D.C. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972–1977 | H. D. Woodson HS (DC) (asst) |
| 1978–1979 | Eastern Illinois (OL) |
| 1980–1981 | Virginia Union (OC) |
| 1982 | Howard (DC) |
| 1983 | Howard |
| 1984–1991 | Virginia Union |
| 1992–2007 | Hampton |
| 2008–2012 | Florida A&M |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 232–97–4 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Tournaments | 1–5 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 0–5 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4 Black college national (1995, 2004–2006) 4 CIAA (1986, 1992–1994) 6 MEAC (1997–1998, 2004–2006, 2010) |
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Joe Taylor (born May 7, 1950) is a retired American football coach. His last coaching job was as the head football coach at Florida A&M University from 2008 to November 2012. Before that, he was the head football coach at Hampton University from 1992 to 2007 where he compiled a 136–49–1 record (.734) and won four black college football national championships (1995, 2004, 2005 and 2006) and eight conference titles. He was also the head coach at Virginia Union University from 1984 to 1991 where he won one conference title on his way to an overall record of 60–19–3 (.750).
Taylor is a native of Washington, D.C. He graduated from Western Illinois University in 1972 and began his coaching career at Howard D. Woodson High School in Washington, D.C. He served as a physical education teacher, head wrestling coach, and assistant football and baseball coach in the District of Columbia schools.
In 1978, Taylor was hired as the offensive line coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. He helped lead Eastern Illinois to the 1978 NCAA Division II National Football Championship.
In 1980, Taylor was hired as the offensive coordinator at Virginia Union University, a historically black university (HBCU) located in Richmond, Virginia. After two years at Virginia Union, Taylor became the defensive coordinator at Howard University, an HBCU in Washington, D.C. He was named the head football coach at Howard in 1983. He had a 1–9 record in his only season as head coach at Howard.
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