Trooper Taylor
Trooper Taylor went 1–0 as a head coach, 2023, at Duke. Share
- Record
- 1–0 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Feb 20, 1970
- Alma mater
- Baylor 1992
- Best season
- 2023 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Duke interim, bowl game | 1–0 | T–6th | Birmingham Bowl W |
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
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
His own one games on file, 2023, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Troyseries | 1 | 1–0 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Auburn’s 2010 staff (assistant head coach, wide receivers) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–97 | Baylor | Graduate assistant and defensive backs and wide receivers coach | |
| 1998 | New Mexico | Running backs coach | |
| 1999–2003 | Tulane | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2004–07 | Tennessee | Assistant head coach and running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| 2008 | Oklahoma State | Co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2009–12 | Auburn | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| 2014–18 | Arkansas State | Assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2019–20 | Duke | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2021 | Duke | Assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2022–23 | Duke | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2023 | Duke | Interim head coach | |
| 2024–present | Texas A&M | Assistant head coach and running backs coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Grant TeaffBaylor
- Chuck ReedyBaylor
- Dave RobertsBaylor
- Rocky LongNew Mexico
- Chris ScelfoTulane
- Phillip FulmerTennessee
- Mike GundyOklahoma State
- Gene ChizikAuburn
- Blake AndersonArkansas State
- David CutcliffeDuke
- Mike ElkoDuke, Texas A&M
Assistants who became head coaches
- Rich SkroskyRamapo, Elon
Worked under (11)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Teaff | Baylor | 1992 | Graduate assistant and defensive backs and wide receivers coach | |
| Chuck Reedy | Baylor | 1993–96 | Graduate assistant and defensive backs and wide receivers coach | |
| Dave Roberts | Baylor | 1997 | Graduate assistant and defensive backs and wide receivers coach | |
| Rocky Long | New Mexico | 1998 | Running backs coach | |
| Chris Scelfo | Tulane | 1999–2003 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Phillip Fulmer | Tennessee | 2004–07 | Assistant head coach and running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State | 2008 | Co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Gene Chizik | Auburn | 2009–12 | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| Blake Anderson | Arkansas State | 2014–18 | Assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach | |
| David Cutcliffe | Duke | 2019–21 | 2019–20: wide receivers coach; 2021: assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach | |
| Mike Elko | Duke | 2022–23 | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Mike Elko | Texas A&M | 2024–26 | Assistant head coach and running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Skrosky | Duke, 2023: senior analyst | Ramapo, Elon |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Johns | Duke, 2023: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Lyle Hemphill | Duke, 2023: co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Tyler Santucci | Duke, 2023: defensive coordinator and linebackers 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.