Press Taylor joins the Bears in 2025 as pass game coordinator.
Taylor arrives in Chicago after spending the last three seasons as offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars (2022-24). Over his three seasons with Jacksonville, Taylor coordinated a unit that helped the Jaguars reach the postseason and rank among some of the league's top passing offensive units, while also playing an instrumental role in the continued development of Pro Bowl QB Trevor Lawrence. In 2023, Taylor helped guide an offense that propelled Lawrence to throw for over 4,000 yards, as the Jaguars marked their second-straight season with a 4,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard receiver (WR Calvin Ridley) and 1,000-yard rusher (RB Travis Etienne Jr.), as Jacksonville ranked top-10 in the NFL in passing offense for the second-straight year. In his first season with the Jaguars, Taylor helped lead an offense that recorded the most scrimmage yards in a single season in franchise history (6,264), as Jacksonville secured an AFC South Division title and AFC Wild Card Round victory. As a unit, the Jaguars totaled the most first downs (352) in a single season in team history and accumulated the third-most points in club annals (404).
Prior to Jacksonville, Taylor spent one season as a senior offensive assistant (2021) with the Indianapolis Colts. In his lone season with the Colts, Taylor helped coach an offensive unit that featured AP First-Team All-Pro RB Jonathan Taylor, who led the NFL with 1,811 rushing yards and a league-best 18 rushing touchdowns. As a group, the Colts owned the No. 2-ranked rushing offense in the NFL in 2021 (149.4), finishing top-10 in the league in points per game (26.5).
Before Indianapolis, Taylor spent eight seasons in a variety of elevating roles with the Philadelphia Eagles, contributing to a staff that accumulated three NFC North Division titles for Philadelphia, including a World Championship in 2017 after defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Taylor began his tenure with the Eagles in an offensive quality control capacity (2013-15), before adding the responsibility of assistant quarterbacks coach in 2016, a role he would occupy for two seasons. Taylor was then elevated to quarterbacks coach in 2018 following the Eagles' World Championship, guiding the Eagles quarterbacks for three seasons with the addition of passing game coordinator duties in 2020.
During his tenure with the Eagles, Taylor was instrumental in his work with quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Nick Foles. As Wentz's primary coach over three seasons, the signal-caller set single-season franchise records in passing yards (4,039 in 2019), pass completions (388 in 2019) and completion percentage (69.6 in 2018). Over their tenure together, Wentz would become just the sixth quarterback in NFL history to secure at least 20 passing touchdowns and 10 or fewer interceptions in three-consecutive seasons (2017-19). In his first season as quarterbacks coach, Taylor's tutelage helped Foles close out the regular season with three victories in five starts, including a Week 16 performance that featured 471 passing yards, four passing touchdowns and a 120.4 passer rating to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors, and a Week 17 win at Washington that was highlighted by Foles' 25-straight pass completions.
In 2017, Taylor helped guide a room that started with Wentz completing 265-of-440 passes for 3,296 yards and 33 touchdowns, a single-season franchise record, to only seven interceptions, registering a 101.9 passer rating over his first 13 games. Following an injury to Wentz, Foles stepped into duty, leading the Eagles with three postseason performances of at least a 100.0 passer rating and guiding Philadelphia to a World Championship with a victory in Super Bowl LII. Wentz would later earn AP Second-Team All-Pro honors, as Foles was named Super Bowl LII Most Valuable Player.
As offensive quality control coach from 2013-15, Philadelphia ranked third in the NFL in total offense (392.8), fourth in rushing offense (131.1), sixth in scoring offense (23.9), sixth in total offensive touchdowns (132) and eighth in passing offense (261.5) during the three-season span. In 2014, the Eagles set single-season franchise records in points scored (474), touchdowns accumulated (54), passing yards (4,581) and first downs earned (356).
Prior to his eight seasons with the Eagles, Taylor served as a graduate assistant at Tulsa (2011-12), working with the quarterbacks. Taylor guided QB G.J. Kinne to over 3,000 passing yards and 28 passing touchdowns in 2011, before helping Tulsa claim a Conference USA Championship and Liberty Bowl victory in 2012.
A native of Norman, Okla., Taylor played quarterback at Marshall (2009-10) after starting his career at Butler (Kan.) Community College (2007-08), where he served as a team captain and led Butler to back-to-back Junior College National Championships with a 17-1 record as a starter.
Taylor's brother, Zac, is the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals and his father, Sherwood, played and coached at Oklahoma.
Taylor and his wife, Brooklyn, have four children – Teale, Carolina Leigh, Woods and Billy.
