I started the series on new Pac-12 coach profiles with Deion Sanders. Today, I will break down another new coach who went from OC to FCS HC to Pac-12 HC. The similarities between Coach Prime and Tom Taylor end there, though, as Taylor is one of the least recognizable Power 5 head coaches compared to Deion’s Prime Time label.
How He Got Here
Taylor played QB across the Bay at Cal in the late ‘80s and left Berkeley as the school’s all-time passing leader. He held the record for 25 years until Jared Goff broke it in 2015.