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Hampton
football coach to serve as Assistant AD
January 19, 2005
Hampton, Va. - Head football coach Joseph
Taylor has been appointed Assistant Director
of Athletics at Hampton University effective immediately. Taylor
will remain as head football coach, a position he has held since
1992.
“Our athletics program has grown to the point where
Coach Taylor will be an invaluable asset as an assistant athletics
director,” said HU President Dr. William R. Harvey. “He
is well organized; he stresses character building and integrity.
He will be positive addition to the athletics administration.”
The winningest coach in Hampton University football history,
Taylor has reached peaks never before seen by the Pirate program.
Since his arrival, he has guided the Pirates to three Black
College Championships, six conference titles, a Heritage Bowl
Championship and four trips to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.
As head coach, Taylor has compiled a 13-year record of 109-41-1.
Taylor was named the 2004 MEAC Coach of the Year and led the
Pirates to a 10-2 record and the 2004 MEAC championship.
Taylor said he is looking forward to serving the Hampton
University athletics program with his new appointment. “I
am excited that my role has been expanded, I look forward to
working closely with (Hampton University Athletics Director)
Coach Avery,” he said. “Along with fundraising,
my primary responsibility will be to keep the football program
moving forward.”
Taylor’s hard work, determination and commitment to
excellence have made him a pioneer amongst his peers as evident
by his multiple leadership positions. A member of the Board
of Directors for the Black Coaches Association, Taylor was
most recently recognized by Sports Illustrated as
one of four finalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of Distinction
Award. Taylor was the 2001 President of the American Football
Coaches Association (AFCA); he is the chairman the AFCA Minority
Issues Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of
the American Football Coaches Foundation. In addition, Taylor
is also a member of both the Advisory Board for the Wilson
Sporting Goods Corporation and the NCAA Division I-AA All-American
Selection Committee. He has been selected as the Coach of the
Year by several professional organizations such as the Washington,
D.C. Pigskin Club, the Norfolk Sports Club, the American Football
Coaches Association, and the Atlanta, Florida and Richmond
Touchdown Clubs. In 2000, Taylor was honored with the Johnny
Vaught Lifetime Achievement Award by the All-American Football
Foundation and a year later he was inducted into the Western
Illinois University Hall of Fame.
“Coach Taylor’s affiliations and contacts with
other organizations will be a welcomed asset to the athletics
administration,” said Malcolm Avery, Hampton University
Athletics Director.
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