Joel Taylor serves as Head Coach for Mercer University's Football program in Macon, Georgia.
A 21-year collegiate coaching veteran with a wake of defensive dominance throughout each stop of his storied career, Joel Taylor was announced as the 22nd head coach in the history of the Mercer football program on Dec. Taylor, who led West Georgia to a dozen victories in the program’s first two seasons at the NCAA Division I FCS level, returns to Mercer after serving as the defensive coordinator for the Bears from 2020-23. He is fresh off of an 8-win campaign in 2024 that garnered him both United Athletic Conference and American Football Coaches Association Region 3 Coach of the Year accolades.
