Blaine Taylor

Blaine Taylor

Blaine Taylor on the sidelines of an Old Dominion game
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1958-01-14) January 14, 1958
Playing career
1979–1981	Montana
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1983	Montana (asst.)
1983–1986	Loyola Sacred Heart HS
1986–1991	Montana (asst.)
1991–1998	Montana
1998–2001	Stanford (asst.)
2001–2013	Old Dominion
Head coaching record
Overall	380–210
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big Sky Tournament Championship (1992, 1997) Big Sky Regular Season Championship (1992) CAA Tournament Championship (2005,2010,2011) CAA Regular Season Championship (2005,2010)
Awards
Big Sky Coach of the Year (1992) CAA Coach of the Year (2006)

Blaine Taylor (born January 14, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team. 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. 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 8 in the 2001 tournament.

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. 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.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
University of Montana (Big Sky) (1991–1998)
1991–92	Montana	27–4	14–2	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1992–93	Montana	17–11	8–6	4th
1993–94	Montana	19–9	6–8	6th
1994–95	Montana	21–9	11–3	2nd	NIT 1st Round
1995–96	Montana	20–8	10–4	3rd
1996–97	Montana	21–11	11–5	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
1997–98	Montana	16–14	9–7	5th
Montana:		141–66	69–35
Old Dominion (CAA) (2001–2013)
2001–02	ODU	13–16	7–11	7th
2002–03	ODU	12–15	9–9	6th
2003–04	ODU	17–12	11–7	4th
2004–05	ODU	28–6	15–3	1st	NCAA 1st Round
2005–06	ODU	24–10	13–5	4th	NIT Semifinals
2006–07	ODU	24–9	15–3	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2007–08	ODU	18–16	11–7	4th	CBI Quarterfinals
2008–09	ODU	25–10	12–6	3rd	CIT Champions
2009–10	ODU	27–9	15–3	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2010–11	ODU	27–7	14–4	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
2011–12	ODU	22–14	13–5	4th	CIT Quarterfinals
2012–13	ODU	2–20	0–10	11th
Old Dominion:		239–144	135–73
Total:		380–210
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

External links

• Blaine Taylor at Old Dominion Athletics