| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Tight ends coach |
| Team | Jacksonville State |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Playing career | |
| 2009–2012 | Ashland |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2013–2014 | Miami (OH) (GA) |
| 2015 | Wittenberg (WR) |
| 2016–2017 | Ashland (WR) |
| 2018 | Wyoming (GA) |
| 2019 | Mississippi State (OQC) |
| 2020 | Oregon (OA) |
| 2021–2023 | Montana State (OC/QB) |
| 2024 | Georgia Southern (SOA) |
| 2025–present | Jacksonville State (TE) |
Taylor Housewright is an American football coach and former player who is the tight ends coach for the Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team. [1]
Housewright grew up in Ashland, Ohio and attended Ashland High School, where he played basketball and football. [2] As a senior, he passed for 3,528 yards and 36 touchdowns and also rushed for 818 yards and 14 touchdowns. [3]
Housewright played college football at Ashland University. He was a three-year starter at quarterback for the Ashland Eagles. Housewright was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy after completing 241-of-358 pass attempts for 3,071 yards and 32 touchdowns as a senior. [4] [5] After his senior year at Ashland, Housewright took part in a rookie minicamp with the Cincinnati Bengals on a tryout basis but was not offered a contract. [6]
Housewright began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Miami (OH) in 2013. He was hired as the wide receivers coach at Wittenberg after two seasons. [7] Housewright returned to Ashland in 2016 as wide receivers coach. [8] He moved on to Wyoming as a graduate assistant after two seasons and was hired as an offensive quality control coach at Mississippi State in 2019 by head coach Joe Moorhead. [9]
After Moorhead was fired at the end of the season and subsequently hired as the offensive coordinator at Oregon, Housewright was hired as an offensive analyst for the Ducks. [10] He was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Montana State after one season at Oregon. [11] The Bobcats advanced to the 2022 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game in Housewright's first season, losing 38–10 to North Dakota State. [12]