Joni Taylor

Joni Taylor

Taylor in 2024
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Texas A&M
Conference	SEC
Record	28–33 (.459)
Annual salary	$575,000
Biographical details
Born	(1979-03-07)March 7, 1979 Meridian, Mississippi
Playing career
1997–2001	Alabama
Position(s)	Power forward/center
Coaching career (HCunless noted)
2002–2005	Troy(asst.)
2005–2008	Louisiana Tech(asst./assoc. HC)
2008–2010	Alabama(assoc. HC)
2010–2011	LSU(asst.)
2011–2015	Georgia(asst./assoc. HC)
2015–2022	Georgia
2022–present	Texas A&M
Head coaching record
Overall	168–108 (.609)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
SEC Coach of the Year (2021)

Joni Taylor(néeCrenshaw;born March 7, 1979) is the head women'scollege basketballcoach forTexas A&M.Prior to Texas A&M, she was head coach atGeorgiafrom 2015 to 2022.

Playing history

Born Joni Crenshaw inMeridian, Mississippi,she was the 1997 Gatorade Player of the Year for her home state, after leading Meridian High School to a 67-7 record during her junior and senior seasons. She also won three state titles in track and field. While attending theUniversity of Alabama,she helped theCrimson Tideto the 1998 and 1999 NCAA Tournaments and the 2000 and 2001 Women's National Invitation Tournaments. She was a two-year starter and scored 716 points, grabbed 555 rebounds and blocked 103 shots, making her No. 4 among the school's career leaders. She received her bachelor's degree in education from Alabama in 2002.

Coaching history

Taylor has been an assistant coach atLSU(2010–11), an associate head coach at Alabama (2008–10), an assistant then associate head coach atLouisiana Tech(2005–08), and an assistant coach atTroy(2002–05). She joined theUniversity of Georgiastaff in 2011, spending one season as an assistant coach, before being promoted to associate head coach. In April 2015, Coach Landers announced his retirement and gave full support for Taylor to replace him. She became only the second full-time head coach in program history.

Taylor coached her team to a 21–10 record in her inaugural year, including five wins against ranked opponents and an invitation to the NCAA tournament, which earned her theSpalding Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach of the Year award.

In 2021, Taylor was named SEC Coach of the Year, following a season of leading her team to theSEC tournamentfinals and generating interest in a top seeding in theNCAA tournament.

On March 23, 2022, Taylor was officially announced as the new head coach forTexas A&M.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Georgia Lady Bulldogs(Southeastern Conference)(2015–2022)
2015–16	Georgia	21–10	9–7	6th	NCAA First Round
2016–17	Georgia	16–15	7–9	T-8th
2017–18	Georgia	26–7	12–4	3rd	NCAA Second Round
2018–19	Georgia	18–12	9–7	T-6th
2019–20	Georgia	17–14	7–9	9th	Canceled due to COVID-19
2020–21	Georgia	21–7	10–5	4th	NCAA Second Round
2021–22	Georgia	21–10	9–7	6th	NCAA Second Round
Georgia:		140–75 (.651)	63–48 (.568)
Texas A&M Aggies(Southeastern Conference)(2022–present)
2022–23	Texas A&M	9–20	2–14	T–13th
2023–24	Texas A&M	19–13	6–10	T–9th	NCAA First Round
Texas A&M:		28–33 (.459)	8–24 (.250)
Total:		168–108 (.609)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Personal life

Taylor is married toDarius Taylor,a former women's basketball assistant coach forSouth Carolina.They were married in August 2015 and reside inAthens, Georgia.The Taylors have a daughter who was born in 2016, shortly before the start of the Lady Bulldogs'2016–17 season.Their second daughter was born in 2019.

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I women's basketball coaches

External links

• Profileat georgiadogs.com