David Taylor is an American former basketball player known for his college career at Hofstra University. A native of Lido Beach, New York,^[1] Taylor chose to play for the Hofstra Pride after his standout prep career at Long Beach High School in which he averaged 30.5 points and 19 rebounds per game as a senior.^[1][2] At Hofstra, he was named the 1983 East Coast Conference Player of the Year.

Taylor had originally committed to play for Pensacola Junior College in Florida.^[2] In the summer of 1978, after his high school graduation, he spent 10 days in Pensacola and took four classes, but then decided he did not want to stay.^[2] The NCAA classified that move as a transfer, so Taylor was forced to redshirt (sit out) his true freshman season of 1978–79.^[2] When he became eligible the following year, Taylor led the team in scoring at 17.6 points per game and was named the East Coast Conference co-Rookie of the Year.^[3][4] During Taylor's four-year college career, he scored 1,818 points and grabbed 926 rebounds, which were fourth and third all-time in school history, respectively, at the time of his graduation.^[5] He was twice named First Team All-ECC as a junior and senior, and in 1982–83 was honored as the ECC Player of the Year.^[6][7]

Taylor was not selected in the 1983 NBA draft. He instead played one year of professional basketball in France for ASVEL.^[8] That year, ASVEL won the Federation Cup.^[8] Taylor then returned to the United States, where he has been active as a middle school and high school basketball coach, an AAU coach, personal trainer, and mentor.^[8]

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