Taylor High enters his second season as assistant coach for the UC Riverside women's basketball program after coming over from Grand Canyon with head coach Nicole Powell prior to the 2020-21 season.
In his first year at UCR, High helped Jordan Webster earn the program's second Big West All-Freshman honor in three years. He also helped Keilanei Cooper earn UCR's 14th All-Conference selection since the 2014-15 season.
During their three seasons together at GCU, High and current assistant Brad Langston helped guide six student-athletes to All-WAC team honors, including a WAC Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.
High spent four seasons at Texas Women's University prior to his time at GCU, where he worked with perimeter players, and led the defense for the Lopes. At TWU, High's work included recruiting, scouting, film breakdown and on-court walkthroughs. He successfully landed recruits from across the country, developed a pair of Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year players, and helped lead TWU to its first ever at-large NCAA Tournament bid in 2016.
Prior to TWU, High spent two seasons as an assistant at Pratt Community College in Kansas, and was also an assistant coach at Dodge City Community College from 2008-11.Â
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High served as the head manager for the University of Kansas men's basketball program from 2004 to 2008 under the leadership of Bill Self.Â
