Mike Taylor has been at the helm of the boys and girls cross country program since 2019. He is also assistant head coach of the track and field program which he helped start in 2013 with Terrance Melton.
While coaching track and field, the team made an appearance at state and the girls won the State Championship in 2021. A year later, the team placed third at state. In 2024, the girls team finished GHSA 3A State Runner-Up with a total of 55 points.
In cross country, the girls went to state for the past three years while the boys went to state in 2021 and 2023. In 2020, the girls placed fourth overall with Brooke Browning, Ellie Brewer, and Georgia Piper finishing as the top three girls. In the 2023 season, the boys finished third at state with 109 points while the girls came in seventh with 241 points. Layla Melton finished in fifth place at the state meet and earned the GHSA 8-AAA region title.
This past season, the girls finished third overall at the GHSA 3A Region 8 Championships and 16th at state. Layla Melton won region and was named All-County and she came in tenth at state. Melton earned Gwinnett Daily Post Super-Six honors after her efforts last season. On the boys side, Anderson Mathias and Everett Griffin finished fifteenth and sixteenth, respectively. The boys were two points shy of qualifying for state.
Taylor helped start and coached middle school cross country in the fall of 2010. During his time as head coach, the middle school girls won two state championships. He had two athletes place third and fourth at state and he had one individual state champion, Brooke Browning. On the boys side, Blake Fugel was named state runner-up.
Taylor is married to Melanie and the couple has three girls, Madison, Miranda, and McKenna.
