WACO, Texas — Western Michigan head football coach Lance Taylor has been named to the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees, the organization announced on Monday.
Taylor is joined by Jerheme Urban (Trinity), Jas Bains (Western Colorado), Jamey Chadwell (Liberty), Jeff Monken (Army), Kalani Sitake (BYU) and Rhett Lashlee (SMU).
The AFCA Board of Trustees formulates policy and provides direction for the AFCA.
Taylor is heading into his third season as a head coach for the Broncos, leading them to the Salute to Veterans Bowl this past season. He started his coaching career in 2007 as a graduate assistant at Alabama. Taylor spent the 2009 season as wide receivers coach at Appalachian State, then worked for the New York Jets for three years and the Carolina Panthers for one season before returning to college football in 2014 as the running backs coach at Stanford. Taylor returned to the Panthers as wide receivers coach in 2017, then moved on as running backs coach at Notre Dame in 2019. He would stay with the Fighting Irish for three years, then became the offensive coordinator at Louisville in 2022 before taking the head coaching job at Western Michigan.
