Some people have talked about her in some other threads here.



Lost in the second round of the NCAA to Oregon.

Joni Taylor is the head women's college basketball coach for the Georgia Lady Bulldogs. She replaced head coach Andy Landers prior to the 20152016 season. Wikipedia
Born: March 7, 1979 (age 42 years), Meridian, MS
Spouse: Darius Taylor (m. 2015)
Annual salary: 575,000 USD
Team: Georgia Bulldogs women's basketball
Education: Meridian High School
Record: 11965 (.647)

https://georgiadogs.com/staff-directory/joni-taylor/178

Sec coach of the year in 2021

Career Highlights / Honors
2021 SEC Coach of the Year
2021 Werner Ladder Naismith National Coach of the Year Finalist
2018 Werner Ladder Naismith National Coach of the Year Semifinalist
2016 Spalding Maggie Dixon National Rookie Coach of the Year
2016, 2018, 2021 Whack Hyder Georgia College Coach of the Year
Four WNBA draft picks in six seasons

Joni Taylor -- the 2021 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year and National Coach of the Year finalist -- boasts an impressive resume in her first six seasons leading the Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball program.

During the 2020-21 campaign, Taylor guided her team to a 21-7 record and fourth-place finish in the SEC standings after being picked ninth in the conference's preseason poll. The Lady Bulldogs advanced to the SEC tournament championship game for the first time since 2004 and earned its highest NCAA tournament seeding since 2007.
Her squad was led by four seniors, including SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year Que Morrison, All-SEC Second Team selection Jenna Staiti, 2021 SEC All-Tournament Team pick Maya Caldwell and three-year starter Gabby Connally.

Georgia finished the regular season with an 18-5 record before its magical run in the SEC tournament. The Lady Bulldogs defeated No. 17 Kentucky and No. 2 Texas A&M to advance to the SEC title game.
During the 2017-18 campaign, the Lady Bulldogs had a breakout season as Georgia finished second in the SEC standings with a 26-7 record. As a result, Taylor was named a semifinalist for the prestigious Werner Ladder Naismith National Coach of the Year Award.

The team's 26-7 overall record marked the most wins for a Georgia squad since the 2012-13 season. The Lady Bulldogs also hosted the NCAA tournament first and second rounds in Athens for the first time since 2003.
This came just two years after she won the coveted Spalding Maggie Dixon National Rookie Coach of the Year honor after compiling 21 wins in her first season as head coach in 2015-16.
Her success is not solely what happens on the court. She has been heavily involved in the Athens community, creating the award-winning Beyond Basketball a meeting place for women in Athens to discuss happenings and issues in and around the area.
Under her guidance, two Georgia student-athletes Marjorie Butler and Haley Clark have earned the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year Award, while six (Shacobia Barbee, Tiaria Griffin, Pachis Roberts, Caliya Robinson, Mackenzie Engram and Jenna Staiti) have garnered All-SEC honors.

Taylor was appointed just the second full-time head coach in the program's illustrious history on Sunday, April 12, 2015.
She entered her current position as Georgia's head coach with 13 seasons of coaching experience at the Division I level, including seven within the Southeastern Conference. The Meridian, Miss., native joined the Georgia staff in 2011 and spent one season as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach. Prior to arriving in Athens, Taylor coached at LSU from 2010-11, at Alabama from 2008-10, at Louisiana Tech from 2005-08 and at Troy from 2002-05.
During each of those coaching stops, Taylor displayed the ability to both sign premier prospects and then help those recruits develop into highly successful players.
Taylor helped Alabama and LSU land top-5 individual prospects in the classes of 2010 and 2011, respectively, and also spearheaded the Crimson Tide's recruiting class for 2010 that ranked among the nation's top 10. She helped Louisiana Tech ink the 2006 Miss Basketball for both Alabama and Mississippi and Troy sign two future Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year honorees.
Taylor succeeded Andy Landers, the only previous full-time women's basketball coach in the program's history. Landers announced his retirement in March 2015 after 36 seasons. Landers compiled a 862-299 record at Georgia, making him one of only seven college basketball coaches -- women's or men's -- to record 850 wins at a single NCAA Division I school.
Taylor herself was a highly sought after basketball prospect. She was the 1997 Gatorade Player of the Year for Mississippi after leading Meridian High to a 67-7 record during her junior and senior seasons. She also won three state titles in track and field and was selected as the school's Homecoming Queen.
At Alabama, Taylor was a significant contributor to four teams that reached post-season play -- the 1998 and 1999 NCAA Tournaments and the 2000 and 2001 WNITs. She was a two-year starter and scored 716 points, grabbed 555 rebounds and blocked 103 shots, which is No. 4 among the Tide's career leaders.
Taylor also was a standout off the basketball court. She was recognized as one of the most influential African Americans on the Alabama campus in 2001, was named to the SEC's Community Service team for women's basketball in 1999, 2000 and 2001 and was awarded a post-graduate scholarship from the SEC for her community service record. She received her bachelor's degree in Education from Alabama in 2002.
Taylor and her husband Darius have two daughters, Jacie (3) and Drew (born Feb. 19, 2019).

Date of Birth:
March 7, 1979
Hometown:
Meridian, Miss.
Education:
High School: Meridian ('97)
Bachelor's: Alabama ('02) - Education
Family:
Husband - Darius Taylor
Children - Daughters: Jacie Elise (born Nov. 3, 2016); Drew Simone (born Feb. 19, 2019)
Playing Experience:
1997-01 Alabama

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boasts an impressive resume in her first six seasons leading the Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball program.

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Not seeing it from the records shown, which implies a problem with being able to recruit top players. But then again, all of WBB is moving toward parity....even the elite-8 kind of teams. More and more than have not been there before. I think recruiting is the big issue because the head coach is what the recruits look at. You can hire people for the x's and o's. I wouldn't be downcast with this, but certainly not overly impressed, either.

Not that impressed.

Would actually be a really good hire.

Probably will shoot a bunch of 3's, get hammered on the glass and lose to Texas by 20.

8 games over .500...how many NCAA tourney wins?

Joni Taylor makes good in-game adjustments and can get a team to fight.

It's a good hire simply bc there are too few homerun hires in the game presently...none of which are moving to pick up the pieces of this **** storm.

VOLNATION said:

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Joni Taylor makes good in-game adjustments and can get a team to fight.

It's a good hire simply bc there are too few homerun hires in the game presently...none of which are moving to pick up the pieces of this **** storm.

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She is a rising star, yes she does make good in-game adjustments something CKM did not do. She understands how the three ball has changed the women's game something CKM did not. Her defense philosophy is unknown to me and a big question mark.
There is only one homerun coach out there but she and her husband are coaching in the WNBA right now (and have fantastic overseas contacts). Doubt intellectual midget Rhodes even knows about them and even if he did wouldn't fork out the $$$$ to get them.

You always post some good stuff in the WBB forum, so I'm curious why you call her a rising star. Not trying to be curt, just trying to understand since I've never followed Georgia basketball. When I look above, I see someone who has never even reached a Sweet 16 game and who, by year 4, would have had her own recruits in the program and she barely finished above .500. Last year was obviously good, but it looks like the exception rather than the rule.

Like I said, I'm not trying to say she won't be a great hire. It sounds like you know more about her, so what am I missing that I don't see in the records above?

UGA looked lightyears better this year than last year's team that lost by 35+ in Waco in the Big12/SEC challenge in December 2019.