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Experience:
Four years
Head Coach
hwtaylor@mit.edu
617-253-4918
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Alma Mater:
University of South Carolina
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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 United States Track &
Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) this past
season. In 2009, the Engineers earned a share of the NCAA New
England Division III 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 earned a Master's degree from
UMass-Amherst in Exercise Science.
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