Diljeet Taylor promoted to head coach

There are various criticisms of Taylor that I have seen on this website today, questioning her coaching. So, let's look at what she's done and where the program is.

2022 Track, Nationals lists: (The problem with these lists is that they are pre-national lists from tfrrs.org, so that a program might have much better results than they show)

800 2:01/2:03/2:05 (Ellsworth/Seymour/Hunter)

1500 4:12/4:13/4:15/4:16/4:18x2 (Wayment/Ellsworth/Hunter/Alder/Hansen/Sargeant)

5000 16:03 (Frentheway--obviously this is not the greatest result, but Wayment would have been high had she run it outdoors)

10000 33:18/33:43/34:13 (Frentheway/Lee/Martin--again, not a great result)

Steeple 9:26/9:55/10:20/10:22/10:24 (Wayment, #1 by six seconds/Halladay #18/Warner/Dildine/Moffit)

Very disappointing performances outdoors at 5 and 10 in 2022, but excellent work at 800/1500/steeple.

Indoor 2021-22

800 2:04/2:04

Mile 4:33/4:36

3000 8:50/9:02 (wayment #2)

5000 15:15/15:52 (#1, Wayment, by 12 seconds)

2021 outdoor

800 2:03/2:03/2:04/2:04

1500 4:09, 4:10/4:11/4:14/4:16x3

5000 15:12/15:17/15:58 (#1 and 2 in Orton and Wayment)

10000 33:03

Pretty solid. Also, of course, Taylor led BYU to a national xc championship, Orton to an individual xc championship, the team to two national runner-ups, plus four individual track national championships and a DMR national championship.

It's almost like these criticisms (and a lot of criticism directed at prominent coaches) are the result of jealousy and pettiness.

Now let's compare to the pre-Taylor era at BYU:

2015 outdoor:

800 2:04, 2:06

1500 4:22 (90th)

5000 16:11

10000 33:56
Steeple 10:23 (that is it for top 90 runners for BYU distance)

Indoor 2014-15

800 2:04, 2:06, 2:07

mile No one

3000 9:19

5000 No one

2010 Outdoor

800 2:04, 2:04, 2:07, 2:08

1500 4:20, 4:22

5000 16:15

10000 33:39, 34:14

Steeple 10:12, 10:28

2010-11 Indoor

800 2:04, 2:04, 2:08

Mile Nothing

3000 Nothing

5000 16:14, 16:24, 16:26

It's pretty decisive. BYU's women were far, far worse prior to Taylor. They have improved immensely with her.

Diljeet was on the Gill Athletics Connections podcast last year. Talked about her coaching career and philosophy.

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The Gill Athletics Connections Podcast: #138: Diljeet Taylor-BYU

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Coming off of a magical 2021, we sit down with women's cross country head coach Diljeet Taylor to learn her unique journey. Her story is one of encouragement and belief, starting with a 5th grade t...

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Stanford will pay coaches mortgage or rent. This happens across all sports, even the niche ones.

With all the recent renaming of sports teams because of political correctness isn’t BYU sticking their finger to non-Mormons by promoting an Indian to such a high position?

Well that seems like a nonsensical yet racist jab.

I’m just saying modern-day tribes in Utah such as Ute, Goshute, Paiute, Navajo (Dine), and Shoshone might be concerned that equal opportunity hiring practices weren’t adhered to in the hiring process.

Huh? She's not a Native American. She is of Indian descent......you know like from the country of India.

Is there a punchline in there?

No punchline, just a love of quasi relational non sequiturs and awareness that the mods don’t like me to point out the heretical nature of the religion founded by the charlatan Joseph Smith.

I’m not sure where they stand on an honest critique of pantheism of Native Americans and the polytheism of Hinduism.

The only relevance the above has to do with running is with the possible exception of Billy Mills there have not been a too many success stories amongst the tribal nations. Even fewer among the population dense country of India.

Tarahumara (sp.)

Or were you just backpedaling?

Yes, I’m currently going to step out the door to run 5 miles, before the SEC 5000m races are run.

Normally, I run 10 or more miles on Saturday mornings, but I had a family obligation to attend to.

Cool story bro!

Sosa JV is her maiden name. She was married to a dude named Mendoza

The fact her running club is named after her is all you need to know.

When is Ed Eyestone retiring? Is Taylor going to get the head role when he steps down?

Excellent coach, respected and loved by her athletes. Helps her athletes succeed. What is the problem?