Billy Taylor (basketball coach)

College coach infobox


Name = Billy Taylor
Sport = Basketball
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College = Ball State
Title = Head coach
Awards = Patriot League Coach of the Year (2003, 2004)
Championships = Patriot League Tournament Championship (2004)
Patriot League Regular Season Championship (2004)
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OverallRecord = 74-107 (.409)
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Years = 1991–1995
Team = Notre Dame
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CoachYears = 1998–1999
1999–2002
2002–2007
2007–present
CoachTeams = Notre Dame (asst.)
UNC-Greensboro (asst.)
Lehigh
Ball State
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Billy Taylor is the head men's basketball coach at Ball State University. He previously held the same position at Lehigh University.

He was the valedictorian at West Aurora High School in Aurora, Ill. 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 earing 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. [ [http://media.www.bsudailynews.com/media/storage/paper849/news/2007/08/16/Sports/Taylor.Made-2930959.shtml Taylor Made] ; Ball State Daily News]

In 2002 he was offered the head coaching position at Lehigh, where he spearheaded an 11 game turn around and would eventually lead Lehigh into its first NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament appearance since the Fran McCaffrey era.

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. His 2004-05 team forfeited 14 games, because they played with an ineligible player [ [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/patr/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0708MBBAllguide.pdf 2007-08 Patriot League Media Guide, page 56] ] .

In August 2007 he was offered and took the head coaching position at Ball State.

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
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name = Lehigh
startyear = 2002
conference = Patriot League
endyear = 2007CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2002–2003
name = Lehigh
overall = 16-12
conference = 8-6
confstanding = 4th
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 2003–2004
name = Lehigh
overall = 20-12
conference = 10-4
confstanding = T-1st
postseason = NCAA Opening Round
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2004–2005
name = Lehigh
overall = 1-28
conference = 1-13
confstanding = 8th
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2005–2006
name = Lehigh
overall = 19-12
conference = 11-3
confstanding = T-2nd
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2006–2007
name = Lehigh
overall = 12-19
conference = 7-7
confstanding = T-3rd
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Lehigh
overall = 68-83
confrecord = 37-33CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Ball State
startyear = 2007
conference = Mid-American Conference
endyear =CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007–2008
name = Ball State
overall = 6-24
conference = 5-11
confstanding = 5th
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Ball State
overall = 6-24
confrecord = 5-11CBB Yearly Record End
overall = 74-107

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