Vince Taylor (basketball)

Vince Taylor

Taylor in 2009 as Minnesota assistant coach
UCF Knights
Position	Assistant coach
League	American Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born	(1960-09-11) September 11, 1960 (age 64) Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Tates Creek (Lexington, Kentucky)
College	Duke (1978–1982)
NBA draft	1982: 2nd round, 34th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1982–1997
Position	Shooting guard
Number	8
Coaching career	1997–present
Career history
As player:
1982–1983	New York Knicks
1983–1984	Wisconsin Flyers
1984–1986	Lega Basket Serie A
1986–1989	Avignon
1989–1990	Nancy
1992–1997	Gent Hawks
As coach:
1997–1998	Pittsburgh (assistant)
1998	Wyoming (assistant)
1999–2005	Louisville (assistant)
2005–2007	Minnesota Timberwolves (assistant)
2007–2013	Minnesota (assistant)
2013–2016	Texas Tech (assistant)
2017–present	UCF (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-ACC (1982) Second-team Parade All-American (1978)
Career statistics
Points	95 (3.1 ppg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Vincent Caldwell Taylor (born September 11, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player who competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one season and is the former assistant coach at Texas Tech University. He played college basketball at Duke, and in the NBA played for the New York Knicks.^[1] Taylor also played briefly in the Continental Basketball Association for the Wisconsin Flyers.^[2] Taylor had a successful basketball career in Europe, playing a total 13 seasons on European teams in Italy (1984–86), France (1986–92), and Belgium (1992–97).^[3]