| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1924–1925 | Lincoln (PA) |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1926–1927 | Samuel Huston |
| 1928 | Morgan |
| 1929–1931 | Lincoln (PA) |
| 1937–1940 | Arkansas AM&N |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1929–1932 | Lincoln (PA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SWAC (1926) | |
William S. Taylor was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas from 1926 to 1927, Morgan College—now known as Morgan State University—in 1928, Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania from 1929 to 1931, and Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N)—now known as the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff—from 1937 to 1940. Taylor was also the athletic director at Lincoln from 1929 to 1932.[1]
Taylor's 1926 Samuel Huston team won the Southwestern Athletic Conference title.[2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Huston Dragons (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1926–1927) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Samuel Huston | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1927 | Samuel Huston | 2–3 | 4th | ||||||
| Samuel Huston: | 7–3 | ||||||||
| Morgan Bears (Independent) (1928) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Morgan | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| Morgan: | 3–4–2 | ||||||||
| Lincoln Lions (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1929–1931) | |||||||||
| 1929 | Lincoln | 6–2–1 | 4–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1930 | Lincoln | 4–4–1 | 4–4–1 | ||||||
| 1931 | Lincoln | 7–3 | 7–1 | ||||||
| Lincoln: | 17–9–2 | 16–7–2 | |||||||
| Arkansas AM&N Golden Lions (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1937–1940) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Arkansas AM&N | 7–0–3 | 3–0–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1938 | Arkansas AM&N | 4–4–1 | 2–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1939 | Arkansas AM&N | 6–3–1 | 3–2–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1940 | Arkansas AM&N | 3–8 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
| Arkansas AM&N: | 20–15–5 | 8–11–5 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
