Track and Field
Gulley, Taylor
Taylor Gulley
- Title:
- Men's Cross Country and Track Head Coach
- Email:
- taylor-gulley@utulsa.edu
- Phone:
- 918.804.5794
Entering his 14th year for the Golden Hurricane, Taylor Gulley serves as the head coach for one of the nation’s top men’s cross-country teams, while also coaching the middle-distance and distance runners for the Golden Hurricane men’s track squad.
In his tenure, the Tulsa men’s cross country team has won 12 conference championships, including two in Conference USA and 10 American Athletic Conference Championships, while reaching the NCAA Championship 11 times. Gulley helped the men’s squad reach its 10th overall NCAA Championship and post the highest national finish in program history with a fifth-place performance in 2019.
On the women’s side, the Tulsa harriers finished in the top six of the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional five times, most recently finishing in second place at the 2019 regionals. At the 2019 NCAA National Championships, the women earned a program-best finish of 25th place.
Gulley has been instrumental to the success of the Golden Hurricane track & field squad as well, highlighted by Chris O’Hare’s NCAA record indoor mile time of 3:52.98 in 2013 to become Tulsa’s first track & field national champion. The men’s indoor squad has finished in the top three at The American Championships four times.
In the spring of 2017, he helped coach Marc Scott to TU’s second national title with a win in the 10,000-meter race at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Scott earned Meet Outstanding Performer honors at the 2017 conference championship with victories in the mile, 3,000m and distance medley relay, while Ben Preisner captured a victory in the 5,000m as the Hurricane swept the top four spots in the race.
TU’s third individual national champion came in 2020, when Gulley coached Patrick Dever to a 27:41.87 finish to claim the 10,000-meter run title at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Prior to his appointment as a full-time coach in 2012, Gulley spent two years as a student assistant coach. His responsibilities included home meet management, generating and maintaining the recruiting database and organizing official recruiting visits.
Gulley also spent one year on the athletic facilities maintenance staff at Tulsa, where he worked with venue set-up for basketball, volleyball and soccer.
Gulley earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science from Tulsa in May 2012.
In his tenure, the Tulsa men’s cross country team has won 12 conference championships, including two in Conference USA and 10 American Athletic Conference Championships, while reaching the NCAA Championship 11 times. Gulley helped the men’s squad reach its 10th overall NCAA Championship and post the highest national finish in program history with a fifth-place performance in 2019.
On the women’s side, the Tulsa harriers finished in the top six of the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional five times, most recently finishing in second place at the 2019 regionals. At the 2019 NCAA National Championships, the women earned a program-best finish of 25th place.
Gulley has been instrumental to the success of the Golden Hurricane track & field squad as well, highlighted by Chris O’Hare’s NCAA record indoor mile time of 3:52.98 in 2013 to become Tulsa’s first track & field national champion. The men’s indoor squad has finished in the top three at The American Championships four times.
In the spring of 2017, he helped coach Marc Scott to TU’s second national title with a win in the 10,000-meter race at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Scott earned Meet Outstanding Performer honors at the 2017 conference championship with victories in the mile, 3,000m and distance medley relay, while Ben Preisner captured a victory in the 5,000m as the Hurricane swept the top four spots in the race.
TU’s third individual national champion came in 2020, when Gulley coached Patrick Dever to a 27:41.87 finish to claim the 10,000-meter run title at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Prior to his appointment as a full-time coach in 2012, Gulley spent two years as a student assistant coach. His responsibilities included home meet management, generating and maintaining the recruiting database and organizing official recruiting visits.
Gulley also spent one year on the athletic facilities maintenance staff at Tulsa, where he worked with venue set-up for basketball, volleyball and soccer.
Gulley earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science from Tulsa in May 2012.
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