Gene Taylor (athletic director)

Gene Taylor

Taylor in 2020
Current position
Title	Athletic director
Team	Kansas State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Biographical details
Born	(1957-07-22) July 22, 1957 (age 67) Safford, Arizona, U.S.
Alma mater	Arizona State University (1980) St. Thomas University (1985)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1985–1986	SMU (ticket office)
1986–2001	Navy (associate AD)
2001–2014	North Dakota State
2014–2017	Iowa (deputy AD)
2017–present	Kansas State
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
FCS Central Region AD of the Year (2008 and 2012)

Forrest Gene Taylor (born July 22, 1957) is an American university sports administrator, currently serving as the athletic director at Kansas State University, serving since May 2017. Prior to his current position, Taylor served as the deputy athletics director at the University of Iowa from 2014 to 2017, and was the athletics director at North Dakota State University from 2001 to 2014.^[1]