Carl C. Taylor is an American softball coach, that is the Volunteer Assistant Coach at Fairleigh Dickinson. He was the head coach of Drexel until June of 2021. He was the first coach in

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history to win a national championship when he led the 2006 Rutgers-Camden

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team to national championship victory in

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, defeating the reigning National Champions,

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Biography

After the 2007 season Taylor retired after 12 years as Rutgers-Camden's head softball coach. He was also drafted in the third round of the

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draft in 1979 by the

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, but did not play in a Major League game. In January 1981 he was signed by the Dodgers.

Coaching career

Drexel

On June 22, 2015, Taylor was announced as the new head coach of the Drexel softball program.

Head coaching record

College

References

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