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Kip Taylor

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Kip Taylor
Taylor in 1951
Biographical details
Born(1907-11-25)November 25, 1907
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
DiedJuly 17, 2002(2002-07-17) (aged 94)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
1927–1930Michigan
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1935–1939George Rogers Clark HS (IN)
1940–1945Pioneer HS (MI)
1946Syracuse (ends)
1947–1948Michigan State (ends)
1949–1954Oregon State
Head coaching record
Overall20–36 (college)

LaVerne Harrison "Kip" Taylor (November 25, 1907 – July 17, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Oregon State College, now Oregon State University, from 1949 to 1954, compiling a record of 20–36. He played college football as an end as the University of Michigan from 1927 to 1930.

Playing career

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Taylor earned all-state honors in football and basketball at Pioneer High School. He attended the University of Michigan, graduating with an education degree in 1931. There he played right end for the Wolverines. Taylor scored the first touchdown at Michigan Stadium in 1927.

Coaching career

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Taylor began his coaching career at the high school level. He was the head football coach at George Rogers Clark High School in Whiting, Indiana before returning to his alma mater, Pioneer High School, as head football coach in 1940.[1] In six seasons at Pioneer, he led his teams to a record of 37–5 with undefeated seasons in 1940, 1941, and 1943. In January 1946, he was hired as an assistant coach at Syracuse University to serve under head football coach Biggie Munn.[2]

In 1951 Taylor became the first head coach to recruit and start black players at Oregon State.

At Oregon State, Taylor's teams had a 20–36 record in his six seasons guiding the Beavers, but that included a 5–1 record against Oregon. In his first season, he led the 1949 Oregon State Beavers football team to an upset of eighth-ranked Michigan State, 25–20, when they were three-touchdown underdogs.

Under Taylor's watch the Oregon State football team was racially integrated for the first time. In 1951 he added two black players to the squad, defensive halfback Bill Anderson and halfback and safety Dave Mann. Both would start for Taylor during that season.[3]

Later life and death

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Taylor managed the Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Oregon, and the University of Michigan Golf Course before retiring in 1972. Taylor died of natural causes on July 17, 2002, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[4]

Head coaching record

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College

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Oregon State Beavers (Pacific Coast Conference) (1949–1954)
1949 Oregon State 7–3 5–3 5th
1950 Oregon State 3–6 2–5 8th
1951 Oregon State 4–6 3–5 6th
1952 Oregon State 2–7 1–6 9th
1953 Oregon State 3–6 3–5 6th
1954 Oregon State 1–8 1–6 T–8th
Oregon State: 20–36 15–30
Total: 20–36

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References

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  1. ^ "LaVerne Taylor New Pioneer Grid Coach". Battle Creek Enquirer. Battle Creek, Michigan. Associated Press. May 12, 1940. p. 11. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Ann Arbor Coach Gets Bid To Join Munn At Syracuse". Daily Press. Escanaba, Michigan. Associated Press. January 15, 1946. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Pigskin Review: Oregon State vs. Southern California, (Los Angeles: University of Southern California), vol. 30, no. 3 (Oct. 13, 1951), pp. 7, 10.
  4. ^ "Ex-OSU coach Kip Taylor dies". Albany Democrat-Herald. Albany, Oregon. Associated Press. July 19, 2002. p. 15. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Kip Taylor". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.