 In 1981, he was recognized as the school's most outstanding male athlete and earned the Naseby Rhinehart Award as the Most Inspirational Player.Taylor later became an assistant coach at Montana while a graduate student from 1981 to 1984 and again became an assistant to Stew Morrill from 1986 to 1991.He was promoted to head coach of the Grizzlies in 1991 and led the team to two NCAA tournament appearances through 1998.