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Taylor Housewright
Current position
TitleOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
TeamAkron
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Playing career
2009–2012Ashland
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013–2014Miami (OH) (GA)
2015Wittenberg (WR)
2016–2017Ashland (WR)
2018Wyoming (GA)
2019Mississippi State (OQC)
2020Oregon (OA)
2021–2023Montana State (OC/QB)
2024–presentAkron (OC/QB)

Taylor Housewright is an American football coach and former player who is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Montana State Bobcats football team.

Playing career

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Housewright grew up in Ashland, Ohio and attended Ashland High School, where he played basketball and football.[1] As a senior, he passed for 3,528 yards and 36 touchdowns and also rushed for 818 yards and 14 touchdowns.[2]

Housewright played college football at Ashland University. He was a three-year starter at quarterback for the Ashland Eagles. Housewright was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy after completing 241-of-358 pass attempts for 3,071 yards and 32 touchdowns as a senior.[3][4] After his senior year at Ashland, Housewright took part in a rookie minicamp with the Cincinnati Bengals on a tryout basis but was not offered a contract.[5]

Coaching career

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Housewright began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Miami (OH) in 2013. He was hired as the wide receivers coach at Wittenberg after two seasons.[6] Housewright returned to Ashland in 2016 as wide receivers coach.[7] He moved on to Wyoming as a graduate assistant after two seasons and was hired as an offensive quality control coach at Mississippi State in 2019 by head coach Joe Moorhead.[8]

After Moorhead was fired at the end of the season and subsequently hired as the offensive coordinator at Oregon, Housewright was hired as an offensive analyst for the Ducks.[9] He was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Montana State after one season at Oregon.[10] The Bobcats advanced to the 2022 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game in Housewright's first season, losing 38–10 to North Dakota State.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Seven seniors carried football success to basketball". The Times-Gazette. March 3, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "On target Arrow – Ashland QB Housewright produced 50 touchdowns". The Times-Gazette. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Ashland has first-rate year in Division II". The Columbus Dispatch. November 20, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ashland Univeristy's Taylor Housewright named GLIAC Player Of The Year". The Times-Gazette. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  5. ^ Haidet, Doug (November 29, 2007). "Ashland University QB Taylor Housewright gets shot at minicamp with Cincinnati Bengals". The Times-Gazette. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "Wittenberg loses, adds three assistant football coaches". Springfield News-Sun. May 2, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "Housewright back in Ashland to coach receivers". The Times-Gazette. July 8, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  8. ^ Crepea, James (February 10, 2021). "Oregon Ducks analyst leaving to become offensive coordinator at Montana State, per report". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "Report: Mississippi State's Taylor Housewright to join Oregon football coaching staff". NBC Sports Northwest. March 4, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  10. ^ "Source: Housewright to be Montana State OC, Udy to become WR coach". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. February 13, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  11. ^ "Notebook: Montana State football quickly turns to spring ball". Independent Record. March 26, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
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