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Taylor talks with senior Shayla Bennett during UNC's home game against Virginia on Jan. 30, 2020.
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Taylor Named Head Coach At Navy
April 28, 2020 | Women's Basketball
Following one season as an assistant coach at North Carolina, Tim Taylor has been named head women's basketball coach at the U.S. Naval Academy. It's the first collegiate head coaching position for Taylor, a long-time assistant coach.
"As a program, we celebrate Tim as he takes on this new chapter in his life," UNC coach Courtney Banghart said. "Tim has served for a long tenure in the sport of women's basketball and has waited patiently for a chance to take over his own program. He cares most about building meaningful relationships while making an impact and leaving a legacy in those lives that he touches. He is enormously proud to be able to represent one of the more special institutions in our country."
Taylor becomes the fourth former Banghart assistant serving as a head coach. Others are Melanie Moore at Xavier, Megan Griffith at Columbia and Chessie Jackson at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ).
Before coming to UNC as part of Banghart's first staff in 2019, Taylor spent three separate stints at Virginia. He also has coached boys' basketball on the high school and club levels.
To read the announcement from Navy, click here.
"As a program, we celebrate Tim as he takes on this new chapter in his life," UNC coach Courtney Banghart said. "Tim has served for a long tenure in the sport of women's basketball and has waited patiently for a chance to take over his own program. He cares most about building meaningful relationships while making an impact and leaving a legacy in those lives that he touches. He is enormously proud to be able to represent one of the more special institutions in our country."
All the best to @CoachTimTaylor as he heads to Annapolis to lead the Midshipmen as their new Head Coach!@NavyWBB, you're getting a good one💙
🔗https://t.co/0mbg9RrJ2K pic.twitter.com/KmNZLt3A65
— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) April 29, 2020
Taylor becomes the fourth former Banghart assistant serving as a head coach. Others are Melanie Moore at Xavier, Megan Griffith at Columbia and Chessie Jackson at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ).
Before coming to UNC as part of Banghart's first staff in 2019, Taylor spent three separate stints at Virginia. He also has coached boys' basketball on the high school and club levels.
To read the announcement from Navy, click here.
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