Troy Taylor - Football Coach - University of Utah Athletics

Troy Taylor

Title:
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Troy Taylor

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2nd Year

Coaching Experience
2017-                      Utah
                               Offensive Coordinator
                               Quarterbacks
2016                       Eastern Washington
                               Co-Offensive Coordinator
                               Quarterbacks
2012-15                Folsom High School
                             Co-Head Coach
2002-04                Folsom High School
                               Co-Head Coach
1996-99                 California
1999                       Tight Ends
                               Recruiting Coordinator
1997-98                 Quarterbacks
1996                      Wide Receivers
1995                      Colorado
                              Graduate Assistant/Receivers
1994                      Casa Roble High School
                              Assistant Coach

Postseason Games
2017                       Heart of Dallas Bowl
2016                       FCS Semifinals
1996                       Aloha Bowl
1995                       Cotton Bowl

         Last season, his first as Utah’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Troy Taylor implemented an offense that featured a second-team All-Pac-12 receiver (Darren Carrington II) and a 1,000-yard rusher (Zack Moss). Taylor’s offense spread the ball around with 16 players catching passes and 11 players rushing from scrimmage.
         He came to Utah after one season at Eastern Washington, where he directed the top passing offense in the NCAA FCS in 2016. With Taylor calling the plays as the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the Eagles averaged an FCS-best 401.0 passing yards per game in 2016 while ranking No. 2 nationally in total offense (529.6 ypg) and No. 3 in scoring offense (42.4 ppg). Eastern Washington finished the season with a 12-2 record and advanced to the FCS semifinal game.
         Under Taylor, EWU sophomore Gage Gubrud set an NCAA FCS single-season record by passing for 5,160 yards while throwing 48 touchdown passes. Gabrud, the 2016 FCS Player of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus, averaged 368.6 passing yards per game, which also led the nation.
         Taylor’s instant success at Eastern Washington mirrored his lofty accomplishments as a high school coach and founder of The Passing Academy—a highly-regarded elite high school quarterback camp. His offense at Folsom High School in California set state records for passing in four straight seasons, as well as the record for most points scored in a season.
         One of his stars at Folsom High was Jake Browning, who would become the 2016 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year for Washington. Taylor coached Browning from fifth grade until he graduated as one of the most prolific passers in prep history. Browning set national records for touchdowns in a season (91 in 2014, tied) and a career (229, in just three seasons). He set a number of California state high school records as well, including season (5,790) and career (16,775) passing yards.
         Taylor’s first coaching job was at Casa Roble High School in Sacramento, Calif., in 1994. His first college coaching job was as a graduate assistant at Colorado in 1995 and his first full-time college assistantship was at California from 1996-99. At Cal, he coached the wide receivers (1996), quarterbacks (1997-98) and tight ends (1999). He was Cal’s recruiting coordinator in 1999.
         Taylor left Cal to become an assistant athletic director at Christian Brothers High School (2000-01) in Sacramento, where he also taught and was an assistant football coach for one season (2000). Before taking the post at Eastern Washington in 2016, Taylor spent seven years as a high school coach and teacher, including two stints (2002-04 and 2012-15) as the co-head coach at Folsom. Folsom went 58-3 from 2012-15, winning four Sac-Joaquin Section championships and the 2014 CIF State Division I title.
         Taylor was the Cal football radio analyst from 2005-11.

Playing Career
A record-setting quarterback at Cal, Taylor later played two seasons for the New York Jets as a fourth-round draft pick in 1990. Taylor led the Pac-10 Conference in total offense in 1989 and finished his collegiate career as Cal’s all-time leading passer (8,126 yards) and total offense leader (8,236 yards)—records that stood for 26 years until broken by Jared Goff in 2015.

Education
California, 1994
Bachelor’s in sociology

National University
Master’s in cross-cultural teaching

Personal Data
Hometown: Sacramento, Calif.
Birthdate: April 5, 1968
Family: Wife Tracey; sons Noah and Aaron and daughter Ella