 Halston Taylor |
|
|
|
Experience:
4 years
Head Coach
hwtaylor@mit.edu
617-253-4918
|
Alma Mater:
University of South Carolina
|
|
The 2008 NEWMAC Women's Cross Country Coach of
the Year, Halston Taylor will be entering the fourth season at the
helm of both the men's and women's cross country programs at MIT.
In his inaugural campaign, the Engineers earned their first
national ranking, sent a runner to the NCAA Championship for the
first time since 1998, and captured its first NEWMAC Championship
since 2003.
During Taylor's tenure, the women's cross country team has been
ranked as high as third nationally. He received the NEWMAC Coach of
the Year award in each of his first two seasons and was named the
New England Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA this past season. In
2009, the Engineers earned a share of the NCAA Division III New
England Regional Championship for the first time in program history
and finished fifth at the National Championship.
Before arriving at MIT, Taylor coached the women's track club at
South Carolina and was the boy's track coach at both Granby and
Mohawk Regional high schools in Massachusetts. Taylor also coached
the boy's and girl's cross country teams at Mohawk Regional.
A native of Columbia, S.C., Taylor is a graduate of the
University of South Carolina where he was a four-year letter winner
and a 4:05-miler. After receiving his undergraduate degree in
Physical Education, Taylor entered UMass-Amherst to study and
received his Masters in Exercise Science.
|
Summer Hutcheson |
|
|
|
