Blaine Taylor

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Blaine Taylor
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Taylor in 2012
Biographical details
Born (1958-01-14) January 14, 1958 (age 66)
Butte, Montana, U.S.
Playing career
1979–1981 Montana
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1983 Montana (assistant)
1983–1986 Loyola Sacred Heart HS
1986–1991Montana (assistant)
1991–1998Montana
1998–2001 Stanford (assistant)
2001–2013 Old Dominion
2016–2020 UC Irvine (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall380–210 (college)
Tournaments1–6 (NCAA Division I)
3–2 (NIT)
1–1 (CBI)
6–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
CIT (2009)
2 Big Sky regular season (1992, 1995)
2 Big Sky tournament (1992, 1997)
CAA regular season (2005, 2010)
3 CAA tournament (2005, 2010, 2011)
Awards
Big Sky Coach of the Year (1992)
CAA Coach of the Year (2005)

Blaine Taylor (born January 14, 1958) is a former American college basketball coach most well known for being the head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team from 2001 until 2013.

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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. [1] 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 Eight in the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. [1]

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. [1] 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. On February 5, 2013, Taylor was fired by Old Dominion in the middle of a 2–20 season. [2] In the summer of 2016, it was announced that Taylor was hired by Russell Turner, head coach of UC Irvine as an assistant. The two had both worked as assistants at Stanford. [3] After stepping down from UC Irvine to have ankle and knee replacement surgery, Taylor returned to Old Dominion to work as fundraiser for the university's athletic foundation. [4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky Conference)(1991–1998)
1991–92 Montana 27–414–21st NCAA Division I Round of 64
1992–93 Montana 17–118–64th
1993–94 Montana 19–96–86th
1994–95 Montana 21–911–3T–1st NIT First Round
1995–96 Montana 20–810–43rd
1996–97 Montana 21–1111–52nd NCAA Division I Round of 64
1997–98 Montana 16–149–75th
Montana:141–66 (.681)69–35 (.663)
Old Dominion Monarchs (Colonial Athletic Association)(2001–2013)
2001–02 Old Dominion 13–167–117th
2002–03 Old Dominion 12–159–96th
2003–04 Old Dominion 17–1211–74th
2004–05 Old Dominion 28–615–31st NCAA Division I Round of 64
2005–06 Old Dominion 24–1013–54th NIT Semifinal
2006–07 Old Dominion 24–915–32nd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2007–08 Old Dominion 18–1611–74th CBI Quarterfinal
2008–09 Old Dominion 25–1012–63rd CIT champion
2009–10 Old Dominion 27–915–31st NCAA Division I Round of 32
2010–11 Old Dominion 27–714–42nd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2011–12 Old Dominion 22–1413–54th CIT Quarterfinal
2012–13 Old Dominion 2–200–1011th
Old Dominion:239–144 (.624)135–73 (.649)
Total:380–210 (.644)

      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 3 "BLAINE TAYLOR Head Coach". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  2. ↑ Jeff Borzello (2013-02-05). "Long-time coach Blaine Taylor out at Old Dominion". CBS Sports . Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  3. ↑ "UC Irvine Basketball Welcomes New Staff Members". UC Irvine athletics. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  4. ↑ Hall, David (12 May 2022). "'Rebuilt': After recovery, former men's basketball coach Blaine Taylor hired as a fundraiser for ODU athletic program". Yahoo Sports. The Virginian-Pilot . Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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