Daniel Taylor on Clubhouse

Bio

Dr. Taylor coordinates and implements the player development program for the Yellow Jackets’ men’s basketball. In his five years on has implemented new technologies in the industry to assist the coaching staff with monitoring student-athletes training loads and conditioning and has partnered with other departments on campus to achieve similar ends.

Taylor is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and is certified by that organization (as a strength and conditioning specialist) as well as the National Academy of Sports Medicine (performance enhancement specialist) and the American Heart Association (AED certified).
Taylor graduated cum laude from Franklin Pierce College in 2002, where he earned his bachelor of arts degree. In 2006, Taylor received his masters of science in exercise science and performance enhancement from the California University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated summa cum laude, and completed his second masters of science in exercise science with a focus in strength and conditioning from Edith Cowan University based in Perth, Western Australia in 2011.
He completed his doctorate degree in performance psychology at Grand Canyon University as well as Certificate in Business Analytics through Harvard University Online in the fall of 2019. Taylor co-authored a 2014 book entitled, “Conditioning to the Core,” and authored its companion educational correspondence course and webinar.

Taylor and his wife Erin have two children, 10 year-old twins Jackson and Lorelai.