Ollie Taylor joined the Hampton University staff in June 2021 to take on the role of inside wide receivers and tight end coach. He joins the staff after serving two years as the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at NCAA Division II Concordia University in St. Paul, Mn.
He joins his prep school coach Robert Prunty on the Pirates staff in 2021. Taylor was the quarterback at Hargrave Military Academy in 2002 under Prunty.
While at Concordia, his offense averaged over 305 yards per game as Concordia went 6-5 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. They did not play in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Taylor came to Concordia from his alma mater Delaware State University in Dover where he worked with wide receivers and as the program's special teams coordinator. Prior to season at Delaware State in 2018, Taylor spent two years as wide receivers coach and co-special teams coordinator for Saginaw Valley State University (Mich.), a Division II program in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference (GLIAC).
He had a pair of stops at NCAA Division III Widener University (Pa.), where he was wide receivers coach, which included a breakout year as the program posted the top-ranked passing offense in the conference and ranked 18th-nationally in 2015. His first stop in 2012 he was the head junior varsity coach, assistant coach for the varsity running backs and assistant in strength & conditioning. That year, he helped the program to a Division III Elite Eight (national quarterfinal) run, ranking fifth in the country in scoring offense, third in fewest sacks allowed and 20th in total offense.
In between his tenure at Widener, Taylor coached at Seton Hill University (Pa.) in the 2013 season, helping the team to the 13th-ranked passing offense in the nation as the wide receivers coach and gameday signal caller. Following his season at Seton Hill, he spent a season at the prep level as offensive coordinator at McKean High School in Wilmington, Delaware for the 2014 fall.
He was a quarterback and wide receiver at Delaware State where he earned a bachelor of science in management with minors in finance & banking, marketing and economics.
