William S. Taylor (American football)

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William S. Taylor
Playing career
Football
1924–1925 Lincoln (PA)
Position(s) Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926–1927 Samuel Huston
1928 Morgan
1929–1931 Lincoln (PA)
1933–1934 Bowie
1937–1941 Arkansas AM&N
Basketball
1928–1929 Morgan
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1929–1932 Lincoln (PA)
c. 1935 Bowie
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 SWAC (1926)

William S. Taylor was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas from 1926 to 1927, Morgan College (now known as Morgan State University) in 1928, Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania from 1929 to 1931, Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie (now known as Bowie State University), and Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N; now known as the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) from 1937 to 1941. Taylor was also the athletic director at Lincoln from 1929 to 1932. [1]

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Taylor's 1926 Samuel Huston team won the Southwestern Athletic Conference title. [2] in 1937, Taylor married Amber B. L. Greene. The two had met at Bowie State Normal School while Taylor served as athletic director and Green was the school's librarian. [3]

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Samuel Huston Dragons (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(1926–1927)
1926 Samuel Huston 7–05–01st
1927 Samuel Huston2–34th
Samuel Huston:7–3
Morgan Bears (Independent)(1928)
1928 Morgan3–4–2
Morgan:3–4–2
Lincoln Lions (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1929–1931)
1929 Lincoln6–2–14–2–13rd
1930 Lincoln4–4–14–4–1
1931 Lincoln7–37–1
Lincoln:17–9–216–7–2
Bowie Bulldogs (Middle Atlantic Athletic Association)(1933–1934)
1933 Bowie
1934 Bowie
Bowie:
Arkansas AM&N Lions (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(1937–1940)
1937 Arkansas AM&N7–0–33–0–32nd
1938 Arkansas AM&N4–4–12–3–1T–4th
1939 Arkansas AM&N6–3–13–2–1T–2nd
1940 Arkansas AM&N3–80–67th
1941 Arkansas AM&N 1–7–10–5–1T–6th
Arkansas AM&N:21–22–68–16–6
Total:
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ "Bill Taylor Lincoln Football Coach is Out". California Eagle . Los Angeles, California. June 24, 1932. p. 9. Retrieved July 24, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. ↑ Mohr, Dean (December 11, 1926). "Samuel Houston Declared Winner Of Southwestern Conference Grid Title". Pittsburgh Courier . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 13. Retrieved December 2, 2019– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ "Bill Taylor Weds Miss Amber Greene". The Afro-American . Baltimore, Maryland. September 25, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved December 19, 2024– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .


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