Head coach
David Taylor
David Taylor was head coach of Oklahoma State at two NCAA championships, 2025–2026. Taylor's teams finished in the top four twice. Taylor's wrestlers won five individual titles and earned 14 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State | 2025–2026 (2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 69–30 | 8 |
As a wrestler
David Taylor wrestled for Penn State at four NCAA championships, 2011–2014, and went 18–2. Taylor won two titles at 165 lb in 2012 and 2014 and placed second at 157 lb in 2011 and second at 165 lb in 2013.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Penn State | 165 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2013 | Penn State | 165 | 2 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 2012 | Penn State | 165 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2011 | Penn State | 157 | 3 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
David Taylor's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Olympic champion David Taylor named head coach at Oklahoma State | USA Wrestling, USA Wrestling (TheMat.com) (Article body, paragraph beginning "As a collegiate wrestler at Penn State University").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which David Taylor was the established head coach of a team with entrants. They are not years of employment; there were no championships in 1943–45 or 2020.
- A year inside the span with no established coach is listed but not counted. A year with two head coaches counts in full for both.
- Team titles are official NCAA titles from the published standings (1928, 1931 and 1933 have none). Top four and top ten come from the same standings.
- Entries count each wrestler once per tournament; All-Americans are counted as each era awarded them; wins and losses include forfeit, default and disqualification results; falls exclude forfeits.
- The head coach for each year, with sources, is on that year's program page. Report a correction.
Cite this page: “David Taylor, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_e13d63a8a9284046/david-taylor/