Mark Taylor (ice hockey, born 1962)

Last updated
Mark Taylor
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Hobart
Conference NEHC
Biographical details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Canton, New York, USA
Alma mater Elmira College
Playing career
1981–1983 Canton State
1983–1985 Elmira
1985–1987 Ånge IK
Position(s) Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1988 Middlebury (asst.)
1988–1989 Brown (asst.)
1989–1990 Vermont (asst.)
1990–1995 Cornell (asst.)
1995–2000 Massachusetts Lowell (asst.)
2000–Present Hobart
Head coaching record
Overall406–176–55 (.681)
Tournaments12–10 (.545)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2023 National Champion
2024 National Champion
Awards
2023 Edward Jeremiah Award
2023 Edward Jeremiah Award

Mark Taylor is an American ice hockey coach and former defenseman. [1] He led the men's ice hockey team at Hobart to the program's first national championship in 2023 and was named as the national coach of the year for his efforts. [2]

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Career

Taylor began his college career at SUNY Canton and played for the club team for two years. He transferred to Elmira College after his sophomore season and continued his playing career with the varsity squad. He helped the team make the NCAA tournament in his junior year but they lost in the quarterfinal round. After graduating, Taylor travelled to Europe and played for Ånge IK in the Swedish Division 2. After two years abroad, he retired as a player and turned to coaching.

Upon his return to North America, Taylor returned to the college ranks as an assistant at Middlebury. He ended up working on four different staffs over a 4-year period before finally settling into his role at Cornell. He worked under Brian McCutcheon, who had been his head coach at Elmira, for five years but the returns for the big red weren't up to par and the entire staff was let go after the 1995 season. Taylor moved on to Massachusetts Lowell working first under Bruce Crowder and then Tim Whitehead. He was in charge of recruiting for the River Hawks and instrumental in convincing Ron Hainsey, a draft pick of the Montreal Canadiens, to sign on with the program. [1]

In 2000, Taylor got his first head coaching job at Hobart and took over a program that had seen very little success in its history. [3] Over 30 years, the team had been able to post just 5 winning seasons and had never won a championship of any kind let alone make and NCAA tournament appearance. In his first few years that trend continued, however, he got the team to post its first 10-win season in 2002 in almost a decade and had them above water the next year. In the team's fourth year under Taylor, they made the NCAA tournament firs the first time on the strength of a conference championship and continued to raise their profile under his leadership. The Statesmen posted their first 20-win season in 2006, making their first Frozen Four in the season season. Several more championships and highlights followed over the next decade plus but the team as unable to make a championship appearance during that successful run. After the pandemic the team was finally able to break through. After posing his 8th 20-win season in 2022, Taylor led Hobart to its best season in history, finishing the regular season with a 23–2 record while being ranked as the #1 team in the nation during the year. The Statesmen received the #3 overall seed for the NCAA tournament and rode a dominating defense to their first championship appearance. The team faced down defending national champions, Adrian and won the title in overtime. [4] a few days before the game, Taylor was named as the recipient of the Edward Jeremiah Award, given annually to the national D-III coach of the year.

College head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Hobart Statesmen (ECAC West)(2000–2017)
2000–01 Hobart 6–15–40–5–14th ECAC West Semifinal
2001–02 Hobart 10–16–05–5–04th ECAC West Semifinal
2002–03 Hobart 14–10–24–5–14th ECAC West Semifinal
2003–04 Hobart 15–8–57–2–11st NCAA National Quarterfinal
2004–05 Hobart 14–6–45–5–05th
2005–06 Hobart 20–8–010–5–02nd NCAA National Semifinal
2006–07 Hobart 13–8–55–7–35th ECAC West Quarterfinal
2007–08 Hobart 18–8–27–6–24th NCAA National Quarterfinal
2008–09 Hobart 21–7–29–4–2T–2nd NCAA National Semifinal
2009–10 Hobart 13–10–39–4–23rd ECAC West Semifinal
2010–11 Hobart 15–10–24–7–14th ECAC West Semifinal
2011–12 Hobart 16–10–15–6–13rd ECAC West Champion
2012–13 Hobart 19–5–211–3–1T–1st ECAC West Semifinal
2013–14 Hobart 14–9–47–5–33rd ECAC West Semifinal
2014–15 Hobart 21–7–012–3–01st NCAA First Round
2015–16 Hobart 21–5–212–3–01st NCAA National Quarterfinal
2016–17 Hobart 20–5–49–4–13rd NCAA First Round
Hobart:270–147–42121–79–17
Hobart Statesmen(NEHC)(2017–present)
2017–18 Hobart 18–6–512–3–32nd NCAA First Round
2018–19 Hobart 21–8–211–5–24th NCAA National Semifinal
2019–20 Hobart 20–5–312–4–23rd NCAA tournament cancelled
2020–21 Hobart season cancelled
2021–22 Hobart 20–6–213–2–21st NCAA National Quarterfinal
2022–23 Hobart 29–2–016–2–01st NCAA National Champion
2023–24 Hobart 28–2–116–1–11st NCAA National Champion
Hobart:136–29–1380–17–10
Total:406–176–55

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

  1. 1 2 "MARK TAYLOR". Hobart Statesmen. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Mark Taylor of Hobart College Is Jeremiah Award Winner As 2022-23 AHCA Division II-III Men's Coach of the Year". AHCA. March 23, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hobart Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Adrian 2, Hobart 3 F OT1". USCHO. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
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