The last three years could go down as one of the most successful periods in K-State Athletics history as Gene Taylor’s program has taken the college athletics world by storm. Team championships, postseason runs, record crowds, continued academic success and new facility enhancements have all been the cornerstone of recent Wildcat success.

Named Director of Athletics at K-State in April 2017, Taylor has guided the football program to six bowl appearances and a Big 12 Championship, men’s basketball to a Big 12 Championship and Elite Eight, baseball to a Super Regional, and women’s track and field to back-to-back Big 12 Outdoor championships.

Additionally, Taylor and his staff have fundraised and implemented a department-wide facility master plan that benefits all Wildcat teams including the newly completed Indoor Track and Field Complex, the Morgan Family Arena for volleyball, Morris Family Olympic Training Center and the Shamrock Practice Facility for football.

A former member of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee and current member of the LEAD1 Board of Directors, Taylor was named the 2022-23 Cushman & Wakefield FBS AD of the Year. He is a 1980 business management graduate of Arizona State and earned his master’s degree in sports administration in 1985 from St. Thomas University in Florida. Taylor and his wife, Cathy, have two children, Casey and Jared.