Brooklyn Taylor ('16) joined the Red Flash staff in May 2021 as an assistant coach. Taylor works with the wings and post players and serves as the co-recruiting coordinator. She is the alumni relations contact and fundraising coordinator and looks forward to integrating alumnae back into the program.
Taylor returns to Saint Francis after spending the last three years at Akron, serving as an assistant coach for the past two seasons and the video coordinator in 2018-19. As an assistant coach, she worked primarily with the shooting guards, also assisting with defensive and recruiting efforts. Taylor oversaw the team's graduate assistants and video coordinator. She served as the squad's academic coordinator and worked to help coordinate the Zips' social media efforts. As the video coordinator, Taylor created game film of Akron and its opponents, provided post-game defensive breakdown analysis, assisted with scouting reports and created graphics and videos for recruiting and social media.
Taylor participated in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's 'So You Want To Be A Coach' program at the 2016 NCAA Final Four, helping assist young women aspiring to become coaches. At the 2019 NCAA Final Four, Taylor was invited back to speak on the Rookie Coaches Panel to the newest members of the 'So' program.
She began her coaching career at Mercer, serving as a graduate assistant from 2016-18 and earning her master's of education in higher education leadership. Mercer was ranked 25th in the country in 2018 and won the Southern Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships, earning an NCAA Tournament berth. At Mercer, Taylor assisted the coaching staff in preparing game film and scouting reports while observing individual and team workouts, including WNBA Draft Pick Kahlia Lawrence. In her time at Mercer, the Bears went 55-10 and won two regular-season titles.
Taylor is an alumna of Saint Francis (’16), where she earned a bachelor’s of science degree in exercise physiology. While a student-athlete, she completed an internship with the strength and conditioning staff, served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), as a Student-Athlete Mentor (SAM) and was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Exercise Physiology Organization.
Coach Whittington on Taylor: “It is always great when you have an alum who wants to return to coach at her alma mater. Brooklyn had specific reasons and goals in mind when she decided to pursue this opportunity, mainly wanting to give back to a university and a program that had given her so much as a young adult. I am very excited to have her back in Loretto, a place that she calls ‘home’.”
