Blaine Taylor

Blaine Taylor
Blaine Taylor on the sidelines of an Old Dominion game
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Old Dominion
Conference CAA
Annual salary $212,160[1]
Biographical details
Born January 14, 1958 (1958-01-14) (age 54)
Playing career
1979–1981 Montana
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1983
1983–1986
1986–1991
1991–1998
1998–2001
2001–present		 Montana (asst.)
Loyola Sacred Heart HS
Montana (asst.)
Montana
Stanford (asst.)
Old Dominion
Head coaching record
Overall 356–178
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big Sky Tournament Championship (1992, 1997)
Big Sky Regular Season Championship (1992)
CAA Tournament Championship (2005,2010,2011)
CAA Regular Season Championship (2005,2010)
Awards
CAA Coach of the Year (2006)

Blaine Taylor (born January 14, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team. Taylor played as a point guard for the University of Montana from 1979 to 1981. In 1981, he was recognized as the school's most outstanding male athlete and earned the Naseby Rhinehart Award as the Most Inspirational Player.[2] Taylor later became an assistant coach at Montana while a graduate student from 1981 to 1984 and again became an assistant to Stew Morrill from 1986 to 1991. He was promoted to head coach of the Grizzlies in 1991 and led the team to two NCAA tournament appearances through 1998. Taylor became an assistant coach under former Grizzly coach Mike Montgomery at Stanford University from 1998 to 2001. The Cardinal were invited to the NCAA tournament during every year of Taylor's tenure, reaching the Elite 8 in the 2001 tournament.

During his tenure at Old Dominion, Taylor has led the Monarchs to CAA Tournament championships in 2005, 2010, and 2011 and appearances in the NCAA tournament in 2005, 2007, 2010, and 2011. The Monarchs lost in their first NCAA tournament game on three of Taylor's trips, but broke through with a first round victory over Notre Dame in 2010 before losing to Baylor in the second round. Taylor also led the Monarchs to the 2006 NIT semifinals, where the team lost to the Michigan Wolverines. The Monarchs also won the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament in 2009.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
University of Montana (Big Sky) (1991–1998)
1991–1992 Montana 27–4 14–2 1st NCAA 1st Round
1992–1993 Montana 17–11 8–6 4th
1993–1994 Montana 19–9 6–8 6th
1994–1995 Montana 21–9 11–3 2nd NIT 1st Round
1995–1996 Montana 20–8 10–4 3rd
1996–1997 Montana 21–11 11–5 2nd NCAA 1st Round
1997–1998 Montana 16–14 9–7 5th
Montana: 141–66 69–35
Old Dominion (CAA) (2001–Present)
2001–2002 ODU 13–16 7–11 7th
2002–2003 ODU 12–15 9–9 6th
2003–2004 ODU 17–12 11–7 4th
2004–2005 ODU 28–6 15–3 1st NCAA 1st Round
2005–2006 ODU 24–10 13–5 4th NIT Semifinals
2006–2007 ODU 24–9 15–3 2nd NCAA 1st Round
2007–2008 ODU 18–16 11–7 4th CBI Quarterfinals
2008–2009 ODU 25–10 12–6 3rd CIT Champions
2009–2010 ODU 27–9 15–3 1st NCAA 2nd Round
2010–2011 ODU 27–7 14–4 2nd NCAA 2nd Round
Old Dominion: 215–112 122–58
Total: 356–178

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

References

  1. ^ "Salaries of Virginia state employees". Richmond Times-Dispatch. http://datacenter.timesdispatch.com/salaries-virginia-state-employees.html#tab3. Retrieved March 24, 2011. 
  2. ^ "BLAINE TAYLOR Head Coach". http://www.odusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/taylor_blaine00.html. Retrieved 2010-02-21. 

External links

Current men's basketball head coaches of the Colonial Athletic Association