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Meet Dedrique Taylor
My Humble Adventure
Dedrique Taylor lives by the coaching philosophy “strive to be better today than you were yesterday and better tomorrow than you were today, in every area of life.” With over 20 years of coaching experience, Taylor encourages his players to play hard, play smart, play together and have fun.
Coach Taylor was the senior basketball captain at the University of California, Davis (1997). After college, he began his coaching career as the assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of California, Davis (2000-01). He then became an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount University (2001-02) in charge of the strength and conditioning, team travel, yearly fundraising dinner, equipment, scouts and guard development. Taylor went on to serve as an assistant coach at various universities to include Portland State (2002-04), University of Nevada (2004-08) and Arizona State University (2008-13). During his time as an Assistant Coach, Taylor was named one of the top 25 assistant coaches in the nation by collegeinsider.com (2010).
In 2013, Taylor reached his dream of becoming the head basketball coach at California State University, Fullerton and is currently still holding that position. During his tenure as the Titans lead coach, he led them to their third ever NCAA Tournament appearance (2018) and for the first time in program history, back-to-back Big West Championship game appearances. He became the fourth coach in program history to reach 100 wins and the 21st in Big West history (2021). Taylor was honored as one of the Big West Conference’s Top 10 head Coaches of the Century by BustingBrackets.com. Additionally, he has coached and developed 24 student-athletes who have gone on to play professionally.
Taylor has always pushed himself to be the best version of himself daily. He dedicated his entire career to fulfilling his dream of becoming the head coach at a Division 1 college and is now using his platform to motivate others to pursue their dreams. His student athletes, assistant coaches, other head coaches, his friends, his family and people in other industries consistently seek him out to guide them in fulfilling their own dreams. This sparked the creation of Dedrique Taylor, Inc.
The DT Quote
“I’m not here to change you I’m here to help create a space for you to change”— Jayson Wells
“It’s the way that I’m wired, my parents instilled it in me to help others. I believe that if you are able to help others you in turn help yourself! I am bought into the belief that you win together and lose together but you stay together at all cost. I want to see everyone have success, for me it is one definition of happiness. I find joy in others success!” – The DT Way
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“I feel like some coaches struggle receiving development because of our egos, it gets in the way of allowing us to focus, as coaches on getting better. We get caught in how something was said or we take it personal, when the entire goal should be to find a way to get better” — Coach Dedrique Taylor