Matt Taylor, who had been with Presbyterian College for the previous four seasons, joined the department as the Strength and Conditioning Coach on August 15, 2013.
This is Taylor’s second stint here, as he was the head strength and conditioning coordinator during the 2007-08 academic year.
While at Presbyterian, Taylor single-handedly helped all the Blue Hose teams increase their speed and strength.
Taylor joined Presbyterian after serving a one-year stint with Rice as the assistant coordinator of strength and conditioning. There, he assisted in workouts for the football team. Taylor also designed and implemented the yearly training program for women’s basketball, swimming and men’s golf.
During his first stretch at UTPA, Taylor was in charge of creating the strength and conditioning programs for all 14 sports. He also managed the budget and purchased equipment while designing and implementing development workouts for all new student-athletes.
In August 2004, Taylor accepted the assistant coach of sport performance position at the University at Buffalo. There, he worked with football, men's basketball, volleyball, wrestling, men's and women's tennis and men's soccer. In addition to his duties, Taylor assisted with all other Olympic sports.
He joined Buffalo after completing an internship at Arizona State, where his main responsibility was working with the football team. Taylor assisted the strength and conditioning coach with workouts, aided in pre and post workouts, assisted in speed training sessions and rehabilitated injured student-athletes.
In 2003, Taylor accepted the graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach position at Gardner-Webb. While working on his master's in sport science and pedagogy, Taylor's duties including working with football, baseball, men’s basketball, wrestling, women’s soccer and men's and women's tennis and golf. He also assisted with men's soccer, softball, women's basketball and volleyball.
He is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, United States Powerlifting Federation and American Powerlifting Federation. Taylor has presented at the University of Buffalo Wrestling Coaches Clinic.
Taylor earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education, health and secondary education from Mount Union while helping to lead the football team to four-straight NCAA Championships.
Taylor, his wife, Gina, and their daughter, Madison, reside in McAllen.
