Department of athletics, physical education and recreation
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Halston Taylor enters his first season as the Director of MIT's Track and Field programs after a 17-year tenure as the head coach of the Engineers' Men's Track and Field squad. He has solidified MIT's position as one of the most dominant track and field programs in the region as he totaled his seventh NEWMAC Coach of the Year citation. Taylor guided the Engineers through an unblemished year in 2003 (15-0 indoors, 8-0 outdoors), leading to two New England Division III Championships. His teams have also captured nine of the lastten NEWMAC Championships. The indoor and outdoor teams regularly qualify individuals for the NCAA Championships, and under Taylor's guidance, MIT has elicited 129 All-Americans and 14 national champions. Before arriving at MIT, Taylor coached the women's track club at South Carolina and was the boy's track coach at both Granby and Mohawk Regional high schools in Massachusetts. A native of Columbia, S.C., Taylor is a graduate of the University of South Carolina where he was a four-year letter winner and a 4:05-miler. After receiving his undergraduate degree in Physical Education, Taylor entered UMass-Amherst to study and receive his Masters in Exercise Science. |
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