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Introduction
Zac Taylor is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). Beginning his NFL career as an offensive assistant with the Miami Dolphins, he was the quarterback’s coach for the Los Angeles Rams when they made a Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl LIII.
Taylor was named Cincinnati’s head coach the following season in 2019, where he went 6–25–1 in his first two years. In 2021, he led the Bengals to their first playoff win since 1990, ending the longest active drought in the four major North American sports, en route to an appearance in Super Bowl LVI, the franchise’s first since 1988.
Early life
| Name | Zac Taylor |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Head Coach |
| Height | 1.83m |
| Age | 38 years |
| Wife | Sarah Sherman |
Zachary Taylor was born on May 10, 1983 (age 38 years) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. His sister, Kathryn Taylor, is a Special Olympics swimmer. His youngest sister Quincy resides in Oklahoma City. Taylor’s younger brother, Press, is the offensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars and played quarterback at Marshall University. Taylor’s father, Sherwood Taylor, was a defensive back and captain for Oklahoma and head coach Barry Switzer from 1976–1979.
Despite Taylor’s record-setting career at Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma, few colleges recruited him. Even his hometown school, the Oklahoma Sooners, passed him over. In 2002, he signed with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, where he redshirted his first year and filled in as a backup position the next, completing the only pass he attempted in those two years. From there he transferred to Butler Community College in Kansas, where he had a breakout season, leading Butler to the NJCAA championship game and earning second-team NJCAA All-American honors.
After his 2004 season, Zac Taylor looked at multiple NCAA Division I schools, including Memphis, Marshall and Nebraska. Nebraska had abandoned their long-standing running/option offense for an entirely new, West Coast offense led by newly appointed coach Bill Callahan. The Huskers had a rebuilding season in 2004, going 5–6 and missing a bowl bid for the first time since 1968. His recruitment late in the 2004–05 off-season by the Huskers was described as a “lucky break” due to the Huskers’ lack of quarterbacks at the time.
Zac Taylor had a rough start, statistically speaking, in his 2005 year at Nebraska, completing 39 of 89 passes for 399 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions in his first three games. In his fourth game, however, Taylor had a breakout day against Iowa State, throwing for a school-record 431 yards on 36 of 55 passing with two touchdowns. The 36 completions were also a school record at the time. He would struggle again five weeks later throwing for only 117 yards against Kansas as the Cornhuskers lost to the Jayhawks for the first time in 37 years.
Taylor would have up and down performances throughout the season, ending in a 30–3 win against Colorado where he threw 392 yards, and a come-from-behind 32–28 win against the Michigan Wolverines in the Alamo Bowl, where he threw a Nebraska bowl record 3 touchdown passes. Taylor broke the school record for passing yards in a season with 2,653 yards on 55.1% of his passes being complete.
In his 2006 opener against Louisiana Tech, Taylor showed significant improvement over his season-opener the previous year, completing 22 of 33 attempts for 287 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. The game after, against Nicholls State, Taylor once again showed his precision in passing the ball, finishing 19 of 23 for 202 yards and a new career-best in four touchdown passes.
Taylor led the Nebraska Cornhuskers to a record of 9–3 with an appearance in the 2006 Big 12 Championship Game, facing off against the Oklahoma Sooners. Taylor passed for 2,789 yards and 24 touchdown passes during the regular season and earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.
Career
Zac Taylor went undrafted in the 2007 NFL Draft. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but was cut, according to Taylor, as he was packing to leave for training camp. Taylor then went to Canada and joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL. He spent the season on the team’s practice roster, but did not return for the 2008 season. The Blue Bombers lost the 95th Grey Cup that season.
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Taylor was named assistant quarterbacks coach for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins on January 30, 2012. He was previously an assistant coach at Texas A&M, serving under former head coach Mike Sherman, his father-in-law. On November 30, 2015, he was promoted to the team’s interim offensive coordinator, after the firing of the previous offensive coordinator, Bill Lazor. During the five games Taylor served as offensive coordinator, the Dolphins went 2–3 and averaged 17 points per game, a slight regress from their per-game average under Lazor, though Interim Coach Dan Campbell still had positive things to say of Taylor’s performance.
University of Cincinnati
Zac Taylor was hired by University of Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Tommy Tuberville to be the Bearcats’ offensive coordinator in January 2016. According to Taylor, Jim Turner, who had been an offensive line coach for the Dolphins, was the one who connected him with Tuberville. Taylor was seen as a “rising star in the coaching ranks” by the Bearcats, thanks to his experience in the NFL and his job developing Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
Under Taylor’s mentoring Tannehill became only the second Miami quarterback with multiple 3,000-yard seasons, as well as totaling the third-most passing yards for a quarterback in his first four seasons in NFL history, with 15,460. In 2017, Taylor was hired by the Los Angeles Rams as assistant wide receivers coach. In 2018, he was promoted to quarterbacks coach.
Cincinnati Bengals
Zac Taylor was hired as head coach by the Cincinnati Bengals on February 4, 2019. He lost in his coaching debut to the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 21–20. He and the Bengals lost their next ten games, posting an 0–11 record, the worst start to a season in franchise history. Starting quarterback Andy Dalton was benched ahead of a Week 10 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. Rookie Ryan Finley started the next three weeks, but after being ineffective, Dalton has renamed the starter before the Week 13 game against the New York Jets.
By beating the Jets 22–6, Zac Taylor recorded his first win as the Bengals’ coach and snapped a franchise-record thirteen-game losing streak dating back to the previous season. The following week, the Bengals lost to the Cleveland Browns in Taylor’s first head-to-head matchup against the division rivals by a score of 27–19. After a Week 16, 38–35 loss to the Miami Dolphins in overtime, the 1–14 Bengals secured the first overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Taylor and the Bengals finished the season 2–14 following a 33–23 win over the Browns in Week 17, matching a franchise-worst record set in 2002.
Zac Taylor went into the 2020 season with first-overall pick Joe Burrow as the team’s starting quarterback. It was also the first time since 2010 the Bengals season began and Andy Dalton wasn’t on the roster, having been signed by the Dallas Cowboys in the offseason. On September 13, 2020, the Bengals lost their first game of the season to the Los Angeles Chargers by a score of 16 – 13. Taylor and the Bengals saw their first win of the season in a week four 33–25 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars. A subsequent week five loss to the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 27–3 dropped Taylor’s road record with the Bengals to 0–11–1.
During week seven, Taylor and the Bengals had a 34–31 lead against the Cleveland Browns with one minute left, but lost by a score of 37–34 following a touchdown drive by the Browns. It was the fifth time this season the Bengals lost a game despite having a lead during the fourth quarter. The following week, however, the Bengals pulled off a major upset win against the Tennessee Titans by a score of 31–20.
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During a Week 11 game against the Washington Football Team, Burrow suffered a season-ending leg injury. With Finley playing the rest of the game, Zac Taylor and the Bengals went on to lose 20–9. The Bengals’ next win would be a Week 15 Monday Night Football matchup against the heavily favored Pittsburgh Steelers. With Finley at quarterback, the Bengals went on to defeat the Steelers 27–17. It was also Finley’s first start of the season after Brandon Allen was elevated from the practice squad to be the starter following Burrow’s injury.
The Bengals went on to win the following week against the Houston Texans by a score of 37–31 with Allen as a quarterback. It was the first road win of Taylor’s tenure with the Bengals (the team’s first since 2018) and also the first winning streak of Zac Taylor’s head coaching career. The Bengals finished with a 4–11–1 record, marking the third straight season the Bengals finished 4th and last in the AFC North. The following day, Bengals owner Mike Brown confirmed Taylor would return as head coach for the 2021 season.
Zac Taylor began his third season with a healthy Joe Burrow under center, having recovered from his leg injury the previous year. Facing the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1, the Bengals won on a last-second field goal in overtime by rookie kicker Evan McPherson. Facing the 4–1 Green Bay Packers at home in Week 5, Taylor and his Bengals scored a game-tying touchdown with 3:27 to play at 22–22. Packers kicker Mason Crosby missed 3 field goals in a 4-minute span, including a go-ahead 36-yarder with 2:12 to play, a 51-yard game-winner as time expired, and a 40-yard game-winner as Burrow threw an interception on the first play of overtime.
Unfortunately, McPherson missed two tries as well, including a 57-yarder with 0:26 to play in regulation, and a 49-yarder in overtime after Crosby’s third miss. The Packers drove down the field one last time and Crosby scored on a 49-yard try with 1:55 left in overtime to drop the Bengals to 3–2. In a Week 16 matchup against the Ravens, the Bengals defeated them 41–21, giving them their first winning season since 2015. The following week, Taylor helped secure the Bengals’ first AFC North division title since 2015 when they defeated the Kansas City Chiefs.
Wife
Zac Taylor is married to his longtime girlfriend Sarah Sherman, his wife is the daughter of former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman, and they have four children together. However, Taylor then led the Bengals to their first playoff win since the 1990 season after they beat the Las Vegas Raiders 26–19 in the Wild Card Round. In the Divisional Round, the Bengals beat the top-seeded Tennessee Titans 19–16 for their first road playoff win in franchise history and advanced to their first AFC Championship Game since 1988. In the AFC Championship Game, the Bengals defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 in overtime to reach their first Super Bowl since Super Bowl XXIII.
Zac Taylor net worth
How much is Zac Taylor worth? Zac Taylor’s net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His salary for 2022 ranges from $1 million to $3 million, but with bonuses, benefits, and various other compensation, he made significantly more than his salary in the year 2020. Taylor’s main source of income is from his career as an American football head coach. His successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. He is of the richest and most influential National Football League head coaches in the United States.