Article on BYU women's coach Diljeet Taylor after runner-up finish at NCAAs

She turned down Stanford and Oregon wrote:

https://www.flotrack.org/articles/6606708-diljeet-taylors-unconvential-path-to-coaching-stardom

Some interesting things in here I didn't know. She's not a Mormon. She turned down two of the top distance jobs in the country back to back years to stay at BYU. It had been rumored both times that she was in the mix but here is confirmation. You don't hear interviews or read articles very often where people openly talk about turning jobs down. The only one I can think of recently was the Tennessee basketball coach openly telling the media that he probably would have gone to UCLA if they could have worked out a better buyout agreement. Anyway, she's obviously good at what she does and has a great mentor in Gags. I'd be surupised to see her stay at BYU much longer, but then again she's already turned down Oregon and Stanford.

If she turned down her "dream job" at Stanford already, she must be happy where she is. Watching their workout wednesday on Flotrack and then seeing their results, its hard not to be very impressed with her.

If she turned down her "dream job" at Stanford already, she must be happy where she is. Watching their workout wednesday on Flotrack and then seeing their results, its hard not to be very impressed with her.

"Stanford was a dream, and I needed to go through that and realize that dreams are constantly evolving,” Taylor said.

Dreams evolve. The right situation/pay/timing will come up and an athletic director will steal her away. Come on. She's a female minority who is extremely good. You think this isn't the dream candidate for an athletic director? She can't become the head coach at BYU based on an article someone shared in another thread recently so she will become that somewhere else.

Would have been harder to turn down Stanford if they were offering Milt's salary, right?

It would seem she got a promotion + raise and her system is working amazingly well. Do this for another 2-3 years, hopefully win a title and then get hired as a director at "can't fail" elite program for 2-3x salary. Seems like a solid plan. Or... maybe Eyestone is retiring soon.

Just like that guy said a couple posts up, she can’t become the director or head coach at BYU. Here’s the article he was referring to.

https://www.deseret.com/sports/2019/10/10/20892212/byu-coach-coaching-job-college

So if she’s going to become a director it will be somewhere else.

I find it interesting she is so open in this article. I wonder how Helen feels about this being public. Or Robert Johnson. JJ Clark. Also the athletes at those schools. I guess it’s the truth. But out of courtesy to others these things aren’t generally publicized.

I never understood why this should be secret. More information on this stuff only helps the athletes, coaches, and ADs make decisions.

Poor ducks and cards wrote:

I find it interesting she is so open in this article. I wonder how Helen feels about this being public. Or Robert Johnson. JJ Clark. Also the athletes at those schools. I guess it’s the truth. But out of courtesy to others these things aren’t generally publicized.

This was a well written article by Kevin Sully. Brojos, you should think about hiring someone like Kevin or Chris Chavez to help Jonathan out to expand your LRC presence and put pressure on the Flotrack empire.

Diljeet will probably stay at BYU one or two more years before moving on to higher pay.

T.M.A.D.D.D.H.A.S.F.N.E.

She turned down Stanford and Oregon wrote:

https://www.flotrack.org/articles/6606708-diljeet-taylors-unconvential-path-to-coaching-stardom

Some interesting things in here I didn't know. She's not a Mormon. She turned down two of the top distance jobs in the country back to back years to stay at BYU. It had been rumored both times that she was in the mix but here is confirmation. You don't hear interviews or read articles very often where people openly talk about turning jobs down. The only one I can think of recently was the Tennessee basketball coach openly telling the media that he probably would have gone to UCLA if they could have worked out a better buyout agreement. Anyway, she's obviously good at what she does and has a great mentor in Gags. I'd be surupised to see her stay at BYU much longer, but then again she's already turned down Oregon and Stanford.

She knows teams at altitude have a massive advantage. Altitude teams are taking over. If she can recruit well at BYU, they should consistently be on the podium. Add in consistent 25 year olds on the team and that's a great recipe for success.

I've known Diljeet personally for 20 years, from the time that she was an athlete at CSU Stanislaus.

I coached her little brother and had him in my classes at Hughson. I've been to her parents house for breakfast numerous times after long runs with said younger brother and we had a number of discussions regarding training back in the days when she was running for Gags.

She and I both applied for the CSU Stanislaus job when it came open after Duyst's retirement. At the time she got the job over me, I was pretty cheesed off since at the time, my high school kids were running faster than her kids at Menlo, but she quickly proved that she was a capable coach and deserved the job.

She coached one of my former athletes who I was only able to get to 1:56. 2 years later, he was at 1:50.3 and in the finals of DII nationals. None of the people I know that ran for her at CSUS have anything negative to stay about her. She deserves all of the success she's had.

I consider her a friend to this day, although I've only talked to her once since she moved to Utah (one of my girls really wanted to run for her, but was only at 5:09....so no dice).

easy decision wrote:

She knows teams at altitude have a massive advantage. Altitude teams are taking over. If she can recruit well at BYU, they should consistently be on the podium. Add in consistent 25 year olds on the team and that's a great recipe for success.

Provo really isn't high altitude. Where do the altitude adjustment charts start, somewhere around 3700'?

She knows teams at altitude have a massive advantage. Altitude teams are taking over. If she can recruit well at BYU, they should consistently be on the podium. Add in consistent 25 year olds on the team and that's a great recipe for success.

I think the only above normal college age athlete they have on their team right now is the one who had a child. Yeah she’s older but she grew a human in her body and had to recover from that. Correct me if I’m wrong but it’s rare for the women to go on mission trips, so age isn’t really a factor here. Altitude though, yes.

She always seems more concerned about her appearance and bringing attention to herself at meets.

.Trump2020OP-the real one....... wrote:

This was a well written article by Kevin Sully. Brojos, you should think about hiring someone like Kevin or Chris Chavez to help Jonathan out to expand your LRC presence and put pressure on the Flotrack empire.

Diljeet will probably stay at BYU one or two more years before moving on to higher pay.

T.M.A.D.D.D.H.A.S.F.N.E.

Hiring more people would be nice, but Chris Chaves can't hold a candle to Gault.

.Trump2020OP-the real one....... wrote:

This was a well written article by Kevin Sully. Brojos, you should think about hiring someone like Kevin or Chris Chavez to help Jonathan out to expand your LRC presence and put pressure on the Flotrack empire.

Diljeet will probably stay at BYU one or two more years before moving on to higher pay.

T.M.A.D.D.D.H.A.S.F.N.E.

Oh please no! Chris is a liberal loser. And he constantly hates on LetsRun. He asks every runner in his podcast what's the worst thing they read about themselves on LRC.

CoachB wrote:

She and I both applied for the CSU Stanislaus job when it came open after Duyst's retirement. At the time she got the job over me

You are a victim of affirmative action.

By the way, is she wearing the sunglasses even at night?

Man, there are some haters on here. This woman does a great job taking care of her kids. That is what most of the country's college coaches DON'T do. If a kid gets hurt or isn't producing, they just get tossed to the backburner. She's doing things the right way. The majority of the people on this board can't get over themselves long enough to consider what it means to put others first. She's clearly shown that is a priority for her, which is inspiring. Don't use that guy's story about how he knows her to be negative. He was obviously saying she deserved the job.

Those of you that are offended by anything mentioned above, you're who it's addressed to. Get over yourself.

ezraer wrote:

.Trump2020OP-the real one....... wrote:

This was a well written article by Kevin Sully. Brojos, you should think about hiring someone like Kevin or Chris Chavez to help Jonathan out to expand your LRC presence and put pressure on the Flotrack empire.

Diljeet will probably stay at BYU one or two more years before moving on to higher pay.

T.M.A.D.D.D.H.A.S.F.N.E.

Oh please no! Chris is a liberal loser. And he constantly hates on LetsRun. He asks every runner in his podcast what's the worst thing they read about themselves on LRC.

CoachB wrote:

She and I both applied for the CSU Stanislaus job when it came open after Duyst's retirement. At the time she got the job over me

You are a victim of affirmative action.

By the way, is she wearing the sunglasses even at night?

Chavez has very small hands

haters gonna hate wrote:

This woman does a great job taking care of her kids.

Agreed

Dill Jeeter wrote:

She always seems more concerned about her appearance and bringing attention to herself at meets.

Spot on. It’s all about Diljeet, all the time. That’s not anything that you can’t say about many other high level coaches, but there is nothing selfless about the way she conducts herself.