Tim Taylor (ice hockey coach)
| Sport(s) | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 26, 1942 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 27, 2013 (aged 71) Branford, Connecticut |
| Playing career | |
| 1960–1963 | Harvard |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1969–1976 | Harvard (assistant) |
| 1976–1983 | Yale |
| 1984 | US Olympic Team (assistant) |
| 1984–1993 | Yale |
| 1989 | Team USA |
| 1991 | Team USA |
| 1994 | US Olympic Team |
| 1994–2006 | Yale |
| 2008 | Team USA (assistant) |
| 2010 | Team USA (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 337–433–55 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| ECAC Regular Season Championship (1998) | |
| Awards | |
| 1987 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year 1992 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year 1998 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year |
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Tim Taylor (March 26, 1942 – April 27, 2013) was an American ice hockey head coach. He was born Timothy Blake Taylor in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in South Natick, Massachusetts. He was the long-time head coach of the Yale Bulldogs from 1976-77 until his retirement in 2005-06 season. He twice took leaves of absence from his collegiate duties to coach the US Olympic Team (1984 and 1994) as well as serving as Team USA's head coach for the 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships and the 1991 Canada Cup. At the time of his retirement Taylor had served as Yale's head ice hockey coach for longer than anyone else, earning more wins (337) and losses (433) for the Bulldogs than all others. The respect Taylor had earned over his career was exemplified by ECAC Hockey renaming its annual coaches award in his honor shortly after his retirement as well as the NCAA renaming its national rookie-of-the-Year award after him a few months after his death. In 2015 he was named the recipient of the Legends of College Hockey Award, by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee.
Tim Taylor began his collegiate hockey career as a center for Harvard eventually rising to become captain in his senior season and leading the Crimson to their first ECAC regular season and conference tournament championships in 1963. After graduating with a degree in English Taylor sought a spot on the 1964 US Olympic Team to defend their first Gold medal, but was ultimately cut from the roster shortly before the games began. After the disappointment Taylor joined the Waterloo Blackhawks of the USHL (then a semi-professional league) suiting up for them from 1964 thru 1969 excluding a brief stint for the 1965 US National Team and the Warroad Lakers later that year. During the 1968-69 season Taylor made his way back to the Northeast, briefly playing for the Manchester Blackhawks of the New England Hockey League before accepting an assistant coaching position with his alma mater.
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