Kip Taylor

Head coach, Oregon State, 1949 to 1954

College career20-36

Program liftNo. 953tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

5-1 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Red Sanders.

Rivalry record

5-1

83.3% · 1 rival

One-score games

7-5

58.3% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Oregon5-183%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Red Sanders0-6

6 meetings, 1949–1954

’49 L’50 L’51 L’52 L’53 L’54 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-2 0.0%

Power Program

1-16 5.9%

National Program

9-14 39.1%

Regional Program

10-4 71.4%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1949-1954) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least4Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

At least 4 — his 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 4 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1954	R7.68	Estimated
1952	R4.37	Estimated
1952	R5.47	Estimated
1952	R7.64	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.