Hall of Fame
Taylor was a native of Birmingham, Alabama where he graduated from Ramsay High School in 1975. He was a graduate of Alabama State University and was also a member of the Mighty Marching Hornets and the Hornets’ baseball team. Upon his graduation from Alabama State, Taylor was given the opportunity to serve as the head baseball coach from 1987-90 at his alma mater Ramsay High School. Ramsay qualified the playoffs every year under his leadership.
Taylor coached the Birmingham Police Athletic Team (PAT) in Titusville where he won numerous championships. He would later go on to form his own men’s league team, the Belview Heights Rams in 2002 and later merged with East Thomas to form Melvin Humes Rams in 2005 where he would win his first Men’s League Championship.
As manager of the Birmingham Cardinals, he won six additional Men’s League championships including three consecutive titles until his retirement in 2015. Taylor had several players that went on to play collegiate semi-professional and professional baseball during his tenure as a Head Coach/Manager.
After his coaching career, he became the assistant equipment manager at Miles College, before joining the Southwestern Athletic Conference. During his time at the Conference Office, Taylor served as the league equipment managers’ liaison and office coordinator.
In his role he assisted with various tasks, including overall set-up, game day operations for conference championships and tournament events while also serving as key office contact for the ordering and distribution of league paraphernalia and equipment. Taylor served at the SWAC Office for 15 years from December 2004 unit December 2019.