C. Randy Taylor
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1926 | Tufts |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1925 | Tufts |
| Track | |
| c. 1925 | Tufts |
| Position | Halfback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1927 | Johnson C. Smith (assistant) |
| 1928 | Johnson C. Smith |
| 1929–1930 | Tougaloo (backfield) |
| 1933 | Douglass HS (OK) (assistant) |
| 1934 | Shaw (assistant) |
| 1937–1940 | Tillotson |
| 1941–1942 | Bluefield State |
| 1947–1950 | Kentucky State |
| Basketball | |
| 1928–1929 | Johnson C. Smith |
| 1936–1939 | Tillotson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
Claude Randolph Taylor was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach and educator. 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.
Taylor was a native of Harlem in New York City. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where starred in football and track.[1] 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.[2]
