| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Virginia Union |
| Conference | CIAA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 7, 1950 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Alma mater | Western Illinois (1972) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972–1977 | H. D. Woodson HS (DC) (assistant) |
| 1978–1979 | Eastern Illinois (OL) |
| 1980–1981 | Virginia Union (OC) |
| 1982 | Howard (DC) |
| 1983 | Howard |
| 1984–1991 | Virginia Union |
| 1992–2007 | Hampton |
| 2008–2012 | Florida A&M |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2013–present | Virginia Union |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 232–96–4 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Tournaments | 1–5 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 0–5 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 5 Black college national (1994, 1997, 2004–2006) 4 CIAA (1986, 1992–1994) 6 MEAC (1997–1998, 2004–2006, 2010) 2 CIAA Northern Division (1986, 1990) | |
| Awards | |
| 4× MEAC Coach of the Year (1997, 2004–2006) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2019 (profile) | |
Joe Taylor (born May 7, 1950) is an American college athletics administrator and former football coach. He is the athletic director at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia, a position he has held since 2013. Taylor served as the head football coach at Howard University in 1983, Virginia Union from 1984 to 1991, Hampton University from 1992 to 2007, and Florida A&M University from 2008 to 2012, compiling a career college football coaching record of 232–96–4. Taylor led the Hampton Pirates to five black college football national championships (1994, 1997, 2004, 2005, and 2006) and eight conference titles. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2019.