Taylor grew up in Virginia, where he started playing soccer. He captained his JV and Varsity teams through high school and won back to back state championships with the McLean Hurricanes.

Taylor went on to study at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia where he obtained his Bachelor’s Degree. He subsequently attended Law School at The American University in Washington D.C. where he obtained his Juris Doctorate Degree.

He then went on to work in the corporate legal arena in Washington DC for about 5 years until he realized that his heart was no longer in it and decided to abruptly quit his job and move out to Austin, Texas.

When he got out to Austin he started playing pickup soccer a few nights a week, which grew into almost every night of the week. This led Taylor to think about the potential of coaching. He started his coaching career in 2022 with Barca Academy in Round Rock, Texas, then moved to FC Westlake the following year. Coaching youth soccer has been the most rewarding life choice he’s ever made.

“When people ask me why I got into coaching, the first word that always comes to my mind is ‘community.’”