Carl C. Taylor
{{short description|American softball coach}}
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| current_title = Volunteer Assistant Coach
| current_team = Fairleigh Dickinson
| current_conference = NEC
| current_record = {{winpct|111|144|3|record=y}}
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| alma_mater = New Mexico Highlands University
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| coach_years1 = 1995-2007
| coach_team1 = Rutgers-Camden
| coach_years2 = 2008
| coach_team2 = Georgian Court University (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 2009
| coach_team3 = Philadelphia Force (asst.)
| coach_years4 = 2011-2014
| coach_team4 = Winslow HS (NJ)
| coach_years5 = 2015
| coach_team5 = Drexel (Interim)
| coach_years6 = 2016-2021
| coach_team6 = Drexel
| overall_record = {{winpct|111|144|3|record=y}}
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{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}
Carl C. Taylor is an American softball coach, that is the Volunteer Assistant Coach at Fairleigh Dickinson. He was the head coach of Drexel until June of 2021.{{cite web |title=Carl Taylor |url=https://drexeldragons.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1223&path=softball |website=DrexelDragons.com |publisher=Drexel University |accessdate=3 September 2019}} He was the first coach in Rutgers University history to win a national championship when he led the 2006 Rutgers-Camden Softball team to national championship victory in Raleigh, North Carolina, defeating the reigning National Champions, University of St. Thomas.
Biography
After the 2007 season Taylor retired after 12 years as Rutgers-Camden's head softball coach.{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DN/lib00184,11AF49521335D4D8.html|title=Former punter convicted|date=August 10, 2007|work=Philadelphia Daily News (pay per view)|accessdate=May 18, 2010}} He was also drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft in 1979 by the Pittsburgh Pirates, but did not play in a Major League game. In January 1981 he was signed by the Dodgers.
Coaching career
=Drexel=
On June 22, 2015, Taylor was announced as the new head coach of the Drexel softball program.{{cite web |title=CARL TAYLOR NAMED HEAD SOFTBALL COACH |url=https://drexeldragons.com/news/2015/6/22/SB_0622155122.aspx?path=softball |website=DrexelDragons.com |publisher=Drexel University |accessdate=3 September 2019}}
Head coaching record
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| name = Drexel Dragons
| conference = Colonial Athletic Association
| startyear = 2015
| endyear = Present
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Drexel
| overall = 19-23
| conference = 6-13
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Drexel
| overall = 20-35
| conference = 0-19
| confstanding = 8th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = Drexel
| overall = 19-30
| conference = 4-16
| confstanding = 8th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Drexel
| overall = 21-29-2
| conference = 3-18
| confstanding = 8th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Drexel
| overall = 32-27-1
| conference = 9-12
| confstanding = T-4th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
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| season = 2020
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Drexel
| overall = {{winpct|111|144|3|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|22|78|record=y}}
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| overall = {{winpct|111|144|3|record=y}}
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References
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