Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor (born June 12, 1973)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Elon Phoenix
Current conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
Lehigh record: 81-69 (.540)
Ball State record: 84-99 (.459)
Belmont Abbey record: 49-42 (.538)
Elon record: 21-43 (.328)
Overall record^: 235-253 (.482)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  1  (2004)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• CAA Regular Season Champion:  0
• MAC Regular Season Champion:  1  (2009)
• Patriot League Regular Season Champion:  1  (2004)
• CAA Tournament Champion:  0
• Patriot League Tournament Champion:  1  (2004)

Awards:

• Patriot League Coach of the Year:  2  (2003, 2004)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2022-present	Elon
2019-2022	Iowa (asst)
2016-2019	Belmont Abbey
2013-2016	Iowa (asst)
2007-2013	Ball State
2002-2007	Lehigh
1999-2002	UNC Greensboro (asst)
1998-1999	Notre Dame (asst)

Billy Taylor Facts

• Billy Taylor
• Born June 12, 1973
• Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
• Alma Mater: University of Notre Dame (BS, 1995)
• The Chicago-native graduated from West Aurora HS (IL) and then played at Notre Dame
  • Though he was originally recruited by Digger Phelps, it was John MacLeod that he played for
  • After graduation, he worked at Arthur Anderson and earned his CPA
• Started his coaching career in 1998, spending the season on MacLeod‘s staff in South Bend
• Hired in 1999 by fellow ND assistant Fran McCaffery to be an assistant coach at UNC Greensboro
  • Was a part of one NCAA Tournament team and one NIT team in three years at UNCG
• Became a head coach for the first time in 2002 when he was hired to take over at Lehigh
  • Swept the Patriot League regular season and Tournament titles in 2004, going 20-11 (10-4)
  • Finished above .500 in three of five seasons, compiling an overall record of 81-69
• Returned to the Midwest in 2007 when he accepted the position of head coach at Ball State
  • Went 84-99 over six seasons, claiming a share of the MAC regular season title in 2009
  • Taylor was let go in 2013 following back-to-back 15-15 seasons
• Reunited with McCaffery that offseason, joining his former boss’ staff at Iowa
• After three seasons in Iowa City, Taylor was hired to be the head coach at D-II Belmont Abbey (NC)
  • Was 49-42 in three seasons at the school and resigned in May 2019
• Began his third stint with McCaffery and second at Iowa that same month, rejoining the Hawkeyes’ staff
• Hired in April 2022 to be the new head coach at Elon in the CAA

Billy Taylor Coaching Tree

• Matt Logie (Montana State, Point Loma, Whitworth)
• Jim Molinari (Western Illinois)
• Kyle Neptune (Villanova, Fordham)
• Joseph Price (Grambling State)
• Brett Reed (Lehigh)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels