Gary Taylor

Mesquite High School Boys Basketball Coach

Gary Taylor is a winner.  For 14 years, Taylor led the Mesquite boys basketball team to successes it had never reached before. A graduate of Stephen F. Austin University, Taylor joined MISD in 1987 as an assistant coach. In 1994, he took over as head coach and never looked back. Taylor drove his team to become district champions in 1999, landing the Skeeters their first playoff appearance in over 50 years. This feat earned Taylor The Dallas Morning News Coach of the Year. The next several years saw Taylor and his Mesquite High teams win district championships, reach state tournaments and nearly win a title. In 2007, he joined fellow Hall of Honor inductees Steve Bragg and Donna Capps in the front office where he served as assistant athletic director.