Chris Taylor enters his second season as head coach of both the men's and women's volleyball programs. In his first season at the helm, he led the women's program to the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) semifinals for the second consecutive year while winning the NECC Championship for the second straight year and the program's third ECAC title - second in four year's - with the men in the spring.

Taylor has an extensive volleyball background at both the Division I and III levels. Prior to joining the Newbury athletic staff, he most recently served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at McNeese Univeristy in Louisana. His other Division I volleyball stints were at the University of Louisian - Monroe, Western Carolina University and his alma mater Western Michigan University. Before then he was a Division III, assistant women's volleyball coach at Washington College in Maryland and Manchester College in Indiana where he also served as the recruiting coordinator.

He is a 1999 graduate of Western Michigan University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and is also received a Master's degree in Education from the University of Louisiana - Monroe in 2008. Taylor currently resides in Boston, MA and will also serve as the Equipment Manager and Work Study Coordinator.