Billy Taylor (American football coach)

American football coach (born 1964)

Billy Taylor
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Tusculum
Conference	SAC
Record	1–9
Biographical details
Born	(1964-04-17) April 17, 1964 (age 60) Warren, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	East Tennessee State University (1988) University of Southern Mississippi (1991)
Playing career
1983–1987	East Tennessee State

Position(s)	Outside linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1990	Southern Miss (GA)
1991–1996	Wofford (RC/LB)
1997–2001	East Tennessee State (RC/LB)
2002–2003	East Tennessee State (DC/LB)
2004	Elon (DC/ILB)
2005–2007	Chattanooga (DC/ILB)
2008	Tennessee Tech (DC/ILB)
2009–2012	Tennessee Tech (AHC/DC/RC/ILB)
2013–2023	East Tennessee State (AHC/DC)
2024–present	Tusculum

Head coaching record
Overall	1–9

William Taylor (born April 17, 1964) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Tusculum University, a position he has held since 2024. He also coached for Southern Miss, Wofford, East Tennessee State, Elon, Chattanooga, and Tennessee Tech. He played college football for East Tennessee State as an outside linebacker.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Tusculum Pioneers (South Atlantic Conference) (2024–present)
2024	Tusculum	1–9	1–8	6th (Mountain)
Tusculum:		1–9	1–8
Total:		1–9

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Staff reports (December 22, 2023). "Former ETSU assistant Taylor named Tusculum head coach". Johnson City Press. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
SHANESY, TODD. "Familiar face on the sideline". Spartanburg Herald Journal. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
"Billy Taylor - Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator - Football Coaches". East Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
Avento, Joe (January 4, 2022). "Taylor to stay at ETSU as defensive coordinator, associate head coach". Johnson City Press. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
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v t e Tusculum Pioneers head football coaches
Unknown (1901–1902) Stephen Andrew Lynch (1903) Unknown (1904–1906) No team (1907) Fitzhugh W. Gregg (1908) Unknown (1909) No team (1910–1912) Unknown (1913–1914) J. Bruce Anderson (1915–1916) Unknown (1917–1918) Sam Doak (1919–1921) Hal Blair (1922) George Downing (1923) Tom McCann (1924) Sam Graham (1925) Carlton Palmer (1926–1927) Sam Doak (1928–1936) Ty Disney (1937) Johnny Faulds (1938–1939) Laird Holt (1940–1941) No team (1942–1945) Marion Edens (1946) Tom Armstrong (1947–1950) No team (1951–1990) Tom Bryant (1991–1994) Dewayne Wells (1995–1997) Frankie DeBusk (1998–2015) Jerry Odom (2016–2023) Billy Taylor (2024– )

v t e Head football coaches of the South Atlantic Conference
Mountain Division	Bobby Lamb (Anderson) Ashley Ingram (Carson–Newman) Quintin Hunter (Emory & Henry) Tim Clifton (Mars Hill) Billy Taylor (Tusculum) Gary Bass (UVA Wise)
Piedmont Division	Chip Hester (Barton) Tyler Haines (Catawba) Doug Socha (Lenoir–Rhyne) Jerricho Cotchery (Limestone) Todd Knight (Newberry) Rashaan Jordan (Wingate)

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