Taylor Tucker enters his third year as an assistant coach for the Northern State men's basketball team in the fall of 2021. Tucker joined the NSU staff after two seasons as the assistant at Monmouth College.
Northern went 19-2 overall en route to their fourth straight NSIC North Division and NSIC Tournament Championships (overall champion was not award) in 2021. In addition, NSU earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Central Region and played host, reaching the regional championship contest. The Wolves ultimately fell to the 2021 National Champions, Northwest Missouri State. Four Wolves were named to the All-Conference teams, with Parker Fox honored as both the North Division Overall and Defensive Player of the Year. The junior duo of Fox and Mason Stark were named to the All-Region teams and Fox went on to be the program's first NABC All-American since 2009.
In 2019-20, the Wolves won their third straight NSIC Overall and Tournament Championships posting a 26-6 record. NSU earned a berth in the NCAA Central Region Tournament as the fourth seed. Three Wolves earned NSIC All-Conference honors this season, with Parker Fox being named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, Fox earned All-Region accolades from both the D2CCA and NABC.
The Scots won the 2018 conference overall and tournament championships in Tucker’s first season with the program, while also qualifying for the NCAA Championships first round. Prior to his time at Monmouth, Tucker was the assistant coach at Olivet Nazarene in 2016-17.
In his three years of collegiate experience, Tucker has coach the CCAC Freshman of the Year and NAIA All-American Nick Reed (ONU) and back-to-back Midwest Conference Players of the Year, Will Carius and Will Jones (MC).
He is a 2016 graduate of Olivet Nazarene University with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Physical Education. Tucker played three seasons at ONU, making two NAIA National Tournament appearances. The Tigers won the 2015 regular season and tournament conference championships in his junior campaign. Tucker was named an NAIA Academic All-American in both 2015 and 2016. He is currently pursuing a master’s in Kinesiology Pedagogy from the University of Central Missouri.
Tucker resides in Aberdeen with his wife, Maddie.
