Fred Taylor
Fred Taylor went 15–25–1 as a head coach, 1967–1970, at TCU. Share
- Record
- 15–25–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1970 4–6–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | TCU | 4–6 | T–3rd | |||
| 1968 | TCU | 3–7 | T–6th | |||
| 1969 | TCU | 4–6 | T–3rd | |||
| 1970 | TCU | 4–6–1 | T–4th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Norman BulaichNo. 18 pick, 1970
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 20 | 10–10 | 50% |
| Conference games | 28 | 13–15 | 46% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 4–7–1 | 38% |
| At home | 18 | 10–8 | 56% |
| On the road | 23 | 5–17–1 | 24% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 12 | 9–2–1 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 29 | 6–23 | 21% |
His own 41 games on file, 1967–1970, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Hagan 1967–1970 | 3–1 | Rice | 4 | |
| Gene Stallings 1967–1970 | 2–2 | Texas A&M | 4 | |
| Darrell Royal 1967–1970 | 1–3 | Texas | 4 | |
| Hayden Fry 1967–1970 | 1–3 | SMU | 4 | |
| Frank Broyles 1967–1970 | 0–4 | Arkansas | 4 | |
| J.T. King 1967–1969 | 2–1 | Texas Tech | 3 |
Fred Taylor’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Baylorseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Riceseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Texas Techseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Texasseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| SMUseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Arkansasseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Iowaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Also a player: Fred Taylor’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–50 | Lubbock HS (TX) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1951 | Miller HS (TX) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1952 | Victoria HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1953–66 | TCU | Assistant coach | |
| 1967–70 | TCU | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Abe MartinTCU
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Martin | TCU | 1953–66 | Assistant coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.