went 14–4 and also won or shared seven Big Ten titles. In a three-year span (1960-62), his teams won 68 games in the regular season with four losses while going 10-2 in the NCAA Tournament. At one point in Taylor's tenure with the Buckeyes, the team won 32 straight games, and they once had a home winning streak of fifty games. Taylor finished his career with an overall record of 297–158 and was named Coach of the Year by the USBWA and UPI in 1961 and 1962. A talented recruiter, Taylor coached six All-Americans as well as Hall of Famers Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek and Bobby Knight. Taylor served as president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1972 and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Basketball Committee from 1964 to 1972. He also served on the University Division of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee for a number of years. Retirement After retiring from coaching in 1976, Taylor managed the U.S. National Team in the 1978 FIBA World Championships and the 1979 Pan American Games. In addition, Taylor managed The Golf Club, a private golf course in New Albany, Ohio, for 18 years. In addition, Taylor was a television analyst for college basketball on NBC, often paired with Merle Harmon, during the late 1970s and early 1980s. As players found themselves in precarious situations, Taylor often described them as, "between a rock and a hard place." On May 6, 1986, Taylor was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame, having previously been selected to the Ohio State Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Charter Class of 2006. Head coaching record See also List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach References External links 1924 births 2002 deaths All-American college baseball players United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Baseball players from Ohio Basketball coaches from Ohio Basketball players from Ohio Beaumont Exporters players Charleston Senators players Chattanooga Lookouts players College basketball announcers in the United States College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Major League Baseball first basemen Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Ohio State Buckeyes baseball players Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball coaches Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players Sportspeople from