Claude Randolph Taylor was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tillotson College—now a part of Huston–Tillotson University—in Austin, Texas, Bluefield State College in Bluefield, West Virginia, and Kentucky State College for Negroes—now known as Kentucky State University—in Frankfort, Kentucky. Taylor was also the head basketball coach at Johnson C. Smith for one season, in 1928–29, tallying a mark of 6–11.
Early life and college
Taylor was a native of Harlem in New York City. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where starred in football and track. He then matriculated at Tufts College—now known as Tufts University—where he played football and basketball and ran track, before graduating in 1927 with a Bachelor of Science degree. As a senior, he was named the school's best all-around athlete.
Coaching career
Taylor was the tenth head football coach at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky, serving four seasons, from 1947 to 1950, and compiling a record of 21–17–2.
Head coaching record
Football
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