Title: | Assistant Coach/Inside Linebackers/Special Teams Coord. |
Phone: | 260.665.4445 |
Email: | tmjames14@trine.edu |
Taylor James returned to his alma mater following the 2019 football season and will begin his first calendar year with the Trine University football program. Coach James will work with the inside linebackers and will be the special teams coordinator.
James spent the 2019 football season as a defensive backs coach at nearby Manchester University in North Manchester, Ind. While at Manchester, James coached one player who earned All-HCAC honors in Jaquan Walker. Walker finished the season with 13 pass breakups to rank eighth nationally in that statistical category.
Leading up to his time at Manchester, James was a member of the University of Sioux Falls football coaching staff as a graduate assistant (2017-18). At USF, James worked as a corners and safeties coach. USF fielded one of the nation's best defenses in 2017, ranking second in total defense (244.3 yards per game), second in scoring defense (12.5 ppg), third in rushing yards per game (67.8 yards per game), seventh in first downs defense (158) and ninth in sacks (3.33 per game, 40 total). USF led the NSIC in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense, sacks, and was second in first downs allowed.
A native of LaPorte, Ind., James graduated from Trine University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in general studies. At Trine University, he was a three-year starter, earning All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) honors three straight seasons.
James is engaged to his fiancee Kyla Kincaid.