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11/09/2011 Fordham game previewChip Taylor coaches the special teams and assists with the defensive backs at Bucknell. He is in his second year as a member of the Bison coaching staff. Taylor spent six of the previous seven years coaching at Valparaiso and steadily moved up the staff, culminating in an appointment as the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2009. In his only year in that role, Taylor helped the Crusaders improve upon their pass completion percentage, passing yards and touchdown passes from 2008. Taylor got his start at Valparaiso as a graduate assistant in 2003. During his two-year stint coaching the wide receivers, Taylor was the main tutor for Second Team All-America wide receiver Rob Giancola, who broke 14 school records. Additionally, the Crusaders won the 2003 Pioneer League title and finished second in the nation in pass offense. After a year (2005) as an assistant at Rose-Hulman, Taylor returned to Valparaiso and served as the squad's special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach for three years. During that stint he helped the Crusaders block five kicks and rank among the nation's leaders in pass defense (13th), punt returns (19th) and turnover margin (21st). A 2002 graduate of Illinois State with a degree in physical education, Taylor was a three-year letterwinner with the Redbirds football program. He was both a wide receiver and cornerback and served as the team's starting punt returner in 2001. Illinois State experienced plenty of success during Taylor's career as he played on the first playoff team in school history in 1998 and helped the 1999 squad win the conference championship and advance to the national semifinal game. Taylor, who performed summer internships with both the Kansas City Chiefs and Arizona Cardinals, owns a master's degree in sports administration from Valparaiso.
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