Coaches
Joel Taylor
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Joel Taylor
Played at South Carolina State 2001-2004
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-2006 | South Carolina State | GA | GA | not known |
| 2007-2008 | South Carolina State | Analyst | def. assistant | not known |
| 2009 | Lenoir Rhyne | Position | OLB | not known |
| 2010-2013 | South Carolina State | Position | DB | not known |
| 2014-2018 | The Citadel | Position | S | not known |
| 2019 | Lenoir Rhyne | DC | DC/LB | not known |
| 2020-2023 | Mercer | DC | DC/LB✓ | not known |
| 2024-2025 | West Georgia | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2026- | Mercer | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | West Georgia (FCS) | 4-7 | - → - | 53 | 84 | - | 60% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | West Georgia (FCS) | 8-3 | - → - | 59 | 11 | - | 36% wins | 129 |
| 2026 | Mercer (FCS) | 8-2 | - → - | 20 | 17 | - | 75% wins | 128 |
Worked under
None found (his assistant years may be outside the FBS seasons we hold).
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Billy Napier* · South Carolina State 2005 · him GA, them Position
- Oliver Pough · South Carolina State 2005-2013 · him Analyst, GA, Position, them Head coach
- Tony Elliott* · South Carolina State 2006-2007 · him Analyst, GA, them Position
- Howard Feggins · South Carolina State 2008-2010 · him Analyst, Position, them Other, Position
- Maurice Drayton · South Carolina State 2008 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.
- Blake Harrell* · Lenoir Rhyne 2009 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position, ST coord.
- Mike Houston · Lenoir Rhyne 2009 · him Position, them DC
- Blake Harrell* · The Citadel 2014-2018 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Brent Thompson · The Citadel 2014-2018 · him Position, them Head coach, OC
- Lou Conte · The Citadel 2014-2018 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Maurice Drayton · The Citadel 2014-2015 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Mike Houston · The Citadel 2014-2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Shawn Quinn · The Citadel 2017 · him Position, them Analyst
- Drew Cronic · Lenoir Rhyne 2019 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Drew Cronic · Mercer 2020-2023 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Bob Bodine · Mercer 2021-2023 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Tim Foster · Mercer 2021 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Dane Stevens · West Georgia 2024 · him Head coach, them OC
- Mike Adams · West Georgia 2024 · him Head coach, them DC
- Austin Davis · West Georgia 2025 · him Head coach, them OC
- Woody Blevins · West Georgia 2025 · him Head coach, them DC
- Austin Davis · Mercer 2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- Tripp Weaver · Mercer 2026 · him Head coach, them DC