The award marks the third time Taylor has received Mountain Region Cross Country Coach of the Year honors (2019 & 2020-21, 2024).
This season Taylor led BYU women's cross country to an NCAA national championship and three women to All-America honors: Lexy Halladay-Lowry, Riley Chamberlain and Carmen Alder. She has now coached nine athletes to 19 All-America honors and her women to nine-consecutive top-15 team finishes at the national meet.
Taylor coached the Cougars to a Mountain Regional championship with 52 points on Nov. 15. Five women earned All-Region honors: Chamberlain, Alder, Taylor Rohatinsky, Taylor Lovell and Carlee Hansen.
The ninth-year head women's cross country coach also led BYU to its second-straight Big 12 championship on Nov. 1 with 41 points. Halladay-Lowry, Chamberlain, Rohatinsky, Alder and Destiny Everett each earned All-Big 12 honors.
At BYU, Taylor has coached the Cougars to two national championships (2020-21, 2024), Whittni Orton to an individual NCAA title (2021) and her cross country squads to 30 meet wins.
