Taylor Willard is an assistant coach for the University of Delaware women's ice hockey program in Newark, Delaware, joining the staff in July 2025 before the team's inaugural season. In her first year with the Fightin' Blue Hens, Delaware earned the first win in program history, a 2-1 victory over Holy Cross on October 5, 2025, and finished the season with the nation's highest team total in blocked shots. Lexie Lonask also led the country individually in blocks.
Willard arrived at Delaware after four seasons as an assistant coach at Norwich University. During her time with the Cadets, Norwich captured back-to-back New England Hockey Conference regular-season titles in 2023-24 and 2024-25, won the 2022-23 NEHC tournament championship, and returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2020. Norwich was ranked or receiving votes in nearly every USCHO Division III Top-15 Women's Poll across those four seasons.
