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taylor HEAD COACH Louisiana Tech Vice President and Director of Athletics Eric Wood announced the hiring of Josh Taylor as the head coach of the Lady Techster Softball program on June 7, 2021. Taylor comes to Ruston after spending the past eight seasons at the University of Nevada, including the last five as the head coach of the Mountain West program. Taylor led the Wolf Pack to a 27-16 record in 2021, including a program record 16 wins in Mountain West action. Nevada posted a nonconference win over No. 2 ranked Washington, a team that finished with 45 wins and an appearance in the Super Regional vs. No. 1 Oklahoma. Nevada won seven of its eight Mountain West series, including a sweep against second place UNLV. The Wolf Pack hit .289 as a team with five players batting over .300 while recording a school record 62 stolen bases. During his five years as the head coach, all five of his teams finished in the top 10 in program history in batting average. Defensively, his 2019 team shattered the school record for fielding percentage and fewest errors in a season. Taylor's 2018 team posted two wins over Louisiana Tech in Puerto Vallarta Classic. Taylor, who served as an assistant coach at Nevada for three seasons (2013-16) before taking over the helm, led Nevada to three straight NISC postseason appearances (2017-19). He developed 19 all-Mountain West honorees during his head coaching stint – five in 2021 – and another 22 Academic All-Mountain West performers. Under Taylor's guidance, Nevada softball posted impressive marks in the classroom, sporting a fall team grade points average of 3.71 and a spring GPA of 3.75. Prior to joining the Wolf Pack, Taylor served as the head coach at Feather River College in Quincy, Calif. Taylor, who was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Feather River baseball team in his first stint from 2004-07, led the Golden Eagle softball program to threeconsecutive Super Regional appearances from 2010 to 2012. His overall record in his four years at Feather River was 113-59, including a 92-37 mark over his final three seasons. The 2012 season was highlighted by Taylor's third-consecutive 30win season and his 10th playoff victory in the regional playoff. In 2011, Feather River reached its second-straight Super Regional in a season that also saw Taylor receive the Gatorade Coach of the Year award. In 2010, Taylor was named Golden Valley Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Golden Eagles to their first GVC title since 2006.
The Taylor-led offense topped the GVC in team batting average, runs, RBI, doubles and triples. Taylor previously served as associate head coach for the Marysville Gold Sox, a collegiate summer league team, from 2008-11. On top of running all aspects of hitting and fielding instruction, Taylor coached multiple players who went on to earn Division I scholarships and two big leaguers in Cody Anderson and Max Stassi. Prior to joining the Gold Sox, Taylor spent a season as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at San Joaquin College in Stockton, Calif. from 2007-08. A former Wolf Pack baseball player, Taylor was inducted into the Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015 as part of the 1994 baseball squad that finished with 41 wins, was ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation and earned the program's first NCAA regional appearance. Taylor and his wife, Michelle, have one daughter, Madyson, who graduated from Nevada.
Josh Taylor Year-by-Year as Head Coach Year School 2009 Feather River 2010 Feather River 2011 Feather River 2012 Feather River 2017 Nevada 2018 Nevada 2019 Nevada 2020 Nevada 2021 Nevada 2022 LA Tech Totals
Overall W-L 21-22 30-11 32-12 30-14 30-25 27-27 29-27 10-14 27-16 39-20 162-129
League W-L Finish 9-11 3rd Golden Valley 15-5 Golden Valley Champions 15-5 3rd Golden Valley 14-6 2nd Golden Valley 13-11 5th Mountain West 12-12 5th Mountain West 11-13 7th/Mountain West 0-0 NA 16-8 3rd/Mountain West 18-6 C-USA Champions 70-50
Accolades Conference Coach of the Year
Conference Coach of the Year
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