Football
Chip Taylor
Special Teams Coordinator
Kroncke 8
219-464-6772
Chip.Taylor@valpo.edu
Chip Taylor returned to the Valparaiso coaching staff prior to the 2006 season after spending two seasons with the Crusaders in 2003 and 2004. Valpo’s special teams coordinator also coaches the secondary this season for the Brown and Gold.
In addition, Taylor is in charge of the team’s strength and conditioning program.
In 2006, Taylor’s pass defense ranked second in the Pioneer Football league. Taylor also guided an All-PFL defensive back in his first season returning to the Brown and Gold’s sidelines.
Taylor served as an assistant coach at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2005 where he was the wide receivers coach as well and video coordinator. He also assisted with the kick return team. The squad went 5-5 in his one season and Taylor helped guide an Honorable Mention All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference wide receiver.
During his first stay at Valparaiso, during the 2003 and 2004 seasons, Taylor was the wide receivers coach for the Crusaders. During the 2003 PFL championship season, Valpo’s trio of starting wide receivers amassed more than 3,000 yards and scored 30 touchdowns. One of Taylor’s pupils, Rob Giancola, earned Second Team NCAA I-AA All-America honors after leading all levels of NCAA football with 23 touchdown receptions.
Taylor played at Illinois State University from 1998-2001 as a wide receiver and cornerback. In 2001, he also served as the team’s starting punt returner. A four-year letterwinner, Taylor was a member of the Gateway Conference championship team in 1999.
A native of Willingboro, N.J., Taylor graduated from Illinois State in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education. He completed his master’s degree in sports administration at Valparaiso in 2005. Chip and his wife, LaQuisha, have a son, Chris, born in 2005, and reside in Valparaiso.
