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Dedrique Taylor, who spent the previous two seasons as an assistant with the Western Athletic Conference champion Nevada Wolf Pack (2004-2006), joined the Sun Devils in June of 2006.
Taylor completed his second season as a member of the Nevada coaching staff as Nevada went 27-6 and went to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year in 2005-06. He came to Nevada after spending the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Portland State University (2002-2004).
At Nevada, he coached a pair of forwards who earned All-Western Athletic Conference honors in two-time WAC Player of the Year Nick Fazekas and second-team honoree Kevinn Pinkney. The Wolf Pack notched 57 wins in his tenure.
Prior to coaching at Portland State, Taylor served as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount University (2001-2002). While at the Los Angeles campus, he oversaw the strength and conditioning of players, along with organizing team travel, equipment, facilities and summer camps.
He spent the 2000-2001 season as an assistant at his alma mater, UC Davis. There he assisted with talent assessment, scouting and game preparation, coordinated campus visits, worked with perimeter players and assisted in the execution of spring and summer clinics.
A native Californian, Taylor has strong ties to the area. He started his playing career at Kings River Community College (now Reedley College) where he helped lead the team to the Elite Eight and the Final Four in the California Junior College State playoffs.
He then transferred to Armstrong State in 1994-95. That team produced the most wins in school history and advanced to the NCAA II Sweet 16. Taylor then transferred to UC Davis where he played for two seasons and the team compiled a 43-16 record while twice advancing to the second round of the NCAA Regional Tournament.
Taylor played professionally overseas for two years and worked as a sports agent for the basketball division of PSI Sports Management firm.
Taylor, 33, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Organizational Studies at UC Davis. He received his master's degree in sports administration from the United States Sports Academy in 2000.
DEDRIQUE TAYLOR BACKGROUND
EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND: B.A. in sociology from UC Davis in 1997... earned M.A. from United States Sports Academy in 2000...a graduate of Pomona High School in Pomona, Calif....born May 1, 1974.
COACHING EXPERIENCE: Assistant Coach, Arizona State (2006-07); Assistant Coach, Nevada Wolf Pack (2004-06); Assistant Coach, Portland State (2002-04); Assistant Coach, Loyola Marymount (2001-02); Assistant Coach, UC Davis (2000-01).
PLAYING EXPERIENCE: Kings River Community College (1993-94); Armstrong State (1994-95); UC Davis (1995-97).
