Zac Taylor

Zac Taylor

Zac Taylor is the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. From 2005 to 2006, he played college football and was the starting quarterback for Nebraska. In 2012, Taylor was named assistant quarterbacks coach for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. In 2017, he was hired by the Los Angeles Rams as assistant wide receivers coach. In 2018 he was promoted to quarterbacks coach and served as the Rams’ offensive coordinator.

About Zac Taylor in brief

Summary Zac TaylorZac Taylor is the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. From 2005 to 2006, he played college football and was the starting quarterback for Nebraska. In 2012, Taylor was named assistant quarterbacks coach for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. In 2017, he was hired by the Los Angeles Rams as assistant wide receivers coach. In 2018 he was promoted to quarterbacks coach and served as the Rams’ offensive coordinator. In January 2016, Taylor hired Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Tommy Tuberville to be the Bearcats’ offensive line coach. Taylor is a graduate of Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma. He played quarterback for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and Butler Community College. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2007 but was cut in the preseason. Taylor played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL in 2007 and 2008 but did not play in a game and did not return for the 2008 season, instead beginning his transition into coaching.

He is the father-in-law of former Texas A&M head coach Mike Sherman, who is Taylor’s former offensive coordinator at the school. Taylor has also been the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots, New York Jets, and the San Francisco 49ers. He has been the quarterbacks coach at the University of California, San Diego and the New York Giants. Taylor was a member of the U.S. Army National Guard during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He also served as an assistant coach at San Diego State from 2009 to 2010. Taylor’s father, Mike Taylor, is a former NFL head coach and former head coach at West Virginia. Taylor also has a son, Zac Taylor, Jr., who played quarterback at Oklahoma State from 2001 to 2004. Taylor had a successful career as a high school quarterback and is a two-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.