Gary Taylor (American football)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1939 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1961 | Fresno State |
| Position | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1966 | Antelope Valley (line) |
| 1967–1970 | Eastern New Mexico (OL) |
| 1971–1972 | Wheaton (IL) |
| Baseball | |
| 1975–1980 | Wheaton (IL) |
| Wrestling | |
| 1967–1971 | Eastern New Mexico |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–16 (football) 54–77 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Baseball CCIW Coach of the Year (1980) | |
Gary Taylor (born c. 1939) is an American former football, baseball, and wrestling coach. He served as the head football coach at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois for two seasons, from 1971 to 1972, compiling a record of 2–16. Taylor was also the head baseball coach at Wheaton from 1976 to 1980, tallying a mark of 54–77.
Taylor was the line coach for the football team at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California before was hired, in 1967, as the head wrestling coach and offensive line coach for the football team at Eastern New Mexico University.[1] He was also an assistant professor of health and education at Eastern New Mexico. In 1971, Taylor was named the head football coach at Wheaton, succeeding Mal Pearson.[2] He resigned from that post in early 1973.[3] Taylor was appointed head baseball coach at Wheaton in late 1975 to succeed Lee Pfund.[4] He was named baseball Coach of the Year by the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) in 1980.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton Crusaders (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) (1971–1972) | |||||||||
| 1971 | Wheaton | 1–8 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| 1972 | Wheaton | 1–8 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| Wheaton: | 2–16 | 2–14 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–16 | ||||||||
Baseball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton Crusaders (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) (1976–1980) | |||||||||
| 1976 | Wheaton | 6–22 | 3–13 | T–8th | |||||
| 1977 | Wheaton | 11–14 | 6–10 | T–8th | |||||
| 1978 | Wheaton | 9–16 | 5–9 | 7th | |||||
| 1979 | Wheaton | 13–13 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1980 | Wheaton | 15–12 | 11–5 | 2nd | |||||
| Wheaton: | 54–77 | 33–45 | |||||||
| Total: | 54–77 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Taylor Former FSC Athlete, Takes New Job". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. June 15, 1967. p. 5C. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Gary Taylor Is New Wheaton Coach". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. March 12, 1971. p. 2, section 3. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Wheaton Coach Quits". St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. Associated Press. February 3, 1973. p. 2C. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Moulton, Dan (October 10, 1975). "Touching all bases". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. p. 3, section 4. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "CCIW tabs Shaw as No. 1 player". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. May 29, 1980. p. B1. Retrieved January 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Gary Taylor; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
- ^ "Wheaton Football Year-By-Year Records". Wheaton College. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Gary Taylor; Baseball". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- ^ "Baseball Year-By-Year Results". Wheaton College. Retrieved January 16, 2026.