Taylor Richards - Football Coach - Oregon State University Athletics

Taylor Richards

Title:
Defensive Graduate Assistant Coach
Phone:
737-2614

Taylor Richards is in his second year at Oregon State and works as a graduate assistant coach with the defense.

Richards arrived as OSU after serving on the staff of the Rutgers football player development program. Prior to Rutgers he spent the 2016 season as a defensive graduate assistant at Virginia Union.

Richards was a 38-game starter at safety at Purdue, and helped the Boilermakers win the 2011 Little Caesar’s Bowl. For his career he made 168 tackles, 2 interceptions and also helped Purdue qualify for the Heart of Dallas Bowl. While at Purdue he played for current OSU defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar.

While at Lake Mary High School he was a 2010 All-Central Florida and All-Seminole County by the Orlando Sentinel. In addition, he was a 2011 Florida 6A All-State 1st Team member.

TAYLOR RICHARDS
Appointment: Graduate Assistant Coach (Defense)
Education: Purdue – 2016, bachelor degrees in health and safety education
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Twitter: @trich4rds
Football Staff History: 2017 Rutgers, football player development; 2016 Virginia Union, G.A. (Defense)

Richards’ Notables:
38 – Games started at Purdue
2 – Bowl games as a player

Bowl Games:
2011 Little Caesars Bowl
2012 Heart of Dallas Bowl

TAYLOR RICHARDS
Appointment: Graduate Assistant Coach (Defense)
Education: Purdue – 2016, bachelor degrees in health and safety education
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Football Staff History: 2017 Rutgers, football player development; 2016 Virginia Union, G.A. (Defense)

Richards’ Notables:
38 – Games started at Purdue
2 – Bowl games as a player

Bowl Games:
2011 Little Caesars Bowl
2012 Heart of Dallas Bowl