# Carla Taylor

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American basketball player and coach

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Carla Taylor Biographical details Born (1961-04-29) April 29, 1961 (age 65) Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1988–2011 Weber State Head coaching record Overall 308–341 (.475) Accomplishments and honors Awards 3x Big Sky Coach of the Year (1996, 2002, 2003)

**Carla Taylor** (born April 29, 1961)[1] was the head [women's basketball](/source/Women's_basketball) coach at [Weber State University](/source/Weber_State_University). In 23 seasons as a [head coach](/source/Head_coach), she has amassed a 308–341 record, including a 180–170 mark in [Big Sky](/source/Big_Sky_Conference_women's_basketball_tournament) play.[2] She owns the second most wins in Big Sky history. She was hired as one of the youngest college coach in the nation at age 26.[3]

She played basketball at [Weber State](/source/Weber_State_Wildcats_women's_basketball) on the 1982 team that went to the [WNIT](/source/Women's_National_Invitation_Tournament) tournament. She ranks 12th in school history in points scored with 1,122, and ninth in [assists](/source/Assists_(baseball_statistics)) with 301.[3]

In 2015, Taylor was honored by the Utah Sports Hall of Fame Foundation and was inducted as a Utah Coach of Merit at the spring induction banquet.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BDate_1-0)** ["Women's Basketball Coaches Career"](http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careercoach). *NCAA.ORG*. Retrieved August 14, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Non_renew_2-0)** ["WSU Will Not Renew Carla Taylor's Contract"](http://www.weberstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8600&ATCLID=205112658). *weberstatesports.com*. March 9, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bio_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bio_3-1) ["Carla Taylor"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121705/http://www.weberstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1240257). *weberstatesports.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.weberstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1240257) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-HOF_4-0)** Garside, Brandon (April 8, 2015). ["Longtime WSU coach 'CT' honored by Utah Sports Hall of Fame"](http://www.standard.net/Sports/2015/04/08/Carla-Taylor-feature). *Standard Examiner*. Retrieved August 14, 2015.

v t e Weber State Wildcats women's basketball head coaches Joy Wood (1974–1976) Jane Miner (1976–1986) Joan Campbell (1986–1988) Carla Taylor (1988–2011) Bethann Ord (2011–2018) Velaida Harris (2018–2023) Jenteal Jackson (2023– )

v t e Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year 1983: Selvig 1984: Selvig 1985: Dobratz 1986: Selvig 1987: Selvig 1988: Selvig 1989: Selvig 1990: Selvig 1991: Selvig 1992: Selvig 1993: Spoelstra 1994: Daugherty & Selvig 1995: Selvig 1996: Selvig & Taylor 1997: Selvig 1998: Sanders 1999: Jerro 2000: McInelly 2001: McInelly 2002: Taylor 2003: Taylor 2004: Selvig 2005: Selvig 2006: Newlee 2007: Selvig 2008: Selvig 2009: Selvig 2010: Schuller 2011: Murrell & White 2012: Sobolewski 2013: Selvig 2014: Brewster 2015: Selvig 2016: Binford 2017: Brewster 2018: Ethridge 2019: Newlee 2020: Binford 2021: Binford & Sobolewski 2022: Sobolewski 2023: Binford, Campbell, & Payne 2024: Gleason 2025: Binford 2026: Moreira

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