Taylor Stubblefield named wide receivers coach
3/8/2023 10:00:00 AM | Football
Taylor Stubblefield has been named wide receivers coach, according to an announcement today from head football coach Troy Calhoun. This will be his second stint in the program, as he previously served as wide receivers coach in 2017-18.
During his first stint at Air Force, he helped develop a wide receiving corps that featured record-setters Marcus Bennett and Geraud Sanders. Bennett, the team's leading receiver in 2017, had five catches for 161 yards and two touchdowns vs. Navy. His 161 yards are the 13th most in school history and his 32.2 yards per catch ranks third all-time. Sanders was one of nine receivers to score a touchdown on the first catch of his career in 2017.
Stubblefield comes to the Academy from Penn State, where he was receivers coach and offensive recruiting coordinator the last three seasons. During the 2021 season, he helped develop third-team All-America wide receiver Jahan Dotson, who was a Biletnikoff Award and Walter Camp player of the year semifinalist and finished his stellar career third all-time at Penn State in career receiving touchdowns (23) and fourth in receptions (175) and receiving yards (2,620). He was later selected in the first round of the NFL draft.
He also helped tutor true freshmen DeAndre Lambert-Smith and Parker Washington, who became the first pair of true freshmen receivers to start in a game for Penn State since 2014. Washington earned freshman All-America honors and set a freshman record at PSU with nine touchdowns.
Prior to Penn State, Stubblefield was the wide receivers coach at Miami, helping the Hurricanes to the Independence Bowl. Prior to his first stint at Air Force, Stubblefield was wide receivers coach for the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Toronto Argonauts in 2016 and was at Utah from 2014-15. He guided Britain Corey to Pac-12 all-Freshman team honors while at Utah.
Prior to coaching at Utah from 2014-15, he coached at Central Washington (2007), Eastern Michigan (as a graduate assistant in 2008), Illinois State (2009-10), Central Michigan (2011), New Mexico (2012) and Wake Forest (2013).
While at Wake Forest, his leading receiver, Michael Campanaro, was named second-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference. While at Central Michigan, Stubblefield coached three third-team all-Mid-American Conference receivers in Titus Davis, Courtney Williams and Cody Wilson. Davis was a Phil Steele Freshman All-American.
In his two years at Illinois State, Stubblefield mentored three all-Missouri Valley Football Conference honorees, including first-team receiver Eyad Salem. Salem set a school record for receptions in a season with 92. Stubblefield also had two receivers named to the MVFC all-Newcomer team during his time at Illinois State.
As a player at Purdue, Stubblefield was a consensus All-American and a 2004 finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, presented to the most outstanding receiver in college football. He finished his career (2001-04) with an NCAA record 316 receptions. He is the all-time leader in the Big Ten in receptions and ranks second in Big Ten history with 3,629 receiving yards.
Stubblefield's performance against Washington State in the 2001 Sun Bowl (nine receptions, Sun Bowl-record 196 yards, two touchdowns, Sun Bowl-record 244 all-purpose yards) earned him a spot on the Sun Bowl's 75th anniversary team. His 16 receiving touchdowns in 2004 are a Purdue single-season record.
After graduating from Purdue in 2005 with a degree in organization leadership and supervision, Stubblefield had professional stints with the NFL's Carolina Panthers and St. Louis Rams as well as the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
A native of Yakima, Wash., Stubblefield and his wife, Georgia, have a son, Jagger.
Coaching Career
2021-22 – Penn State (Wide Receivers/Offensive Recruiting Coordinator)
2020 – Penn State (Wide Receivers)
2019 – Miami (Fla.) (Wide Receivers)
2017-18 – Air Force (Wide Receivers)
2016 – Toronto Argonauts (Wide Receivers)
2014-15 – Utah (Wide Receivers)
2013 – Wake Forest (Wide Receivers)
2012 – New Mexico (Wide Receivers)
2011 – Central Michigan (Wide Receivers)
2009-10 – Illinois State (Wide Receivers)
2008 – Eastern Michigan (Graduate Assistant/Wide Receivers)
2007 – Central Washington (Wide Receivers)
During his first stint at Air Force, he helped develop a wide receiving corps that featured record-setters Marcus Bennett and Geraud Sanders. Bennett, the team's leading receiver in 2017, had five catches for 161 yards and two touchdowns vs. Navy. His 161 yards are the 13th most in school history and his 32.2 yards per catch ranks third all-time. Sanders was one of nine receivers to score a touchdown on the first catch of his career in 2017.
Stubblefield comes to the Academy from Penn State, where he was receivers coach and offensive recruiting coordinator the last three seasons. During the 2021 season, he helped develop third-team All-America wide receiver Jahan Dotson, who was a Biletnikoff Award and Walter Camp player of the year semifinalist and finished his stellar career third all-time at Penn State in career receiving touchdowns (23) and fourth in receptions (175) and receiving yards (2,620). He was later selected in the first round of the NFL draft.
He also helped tutor true freshmen DeAndre Lambert-Smith and Parker Washington, who became the first pair of true freshmen receivers to start in a game for Penn State since 2014. Washington earned freshman All-America honors and set a freshman record at PSU with nine touchdowns.
Prior to Penn State, Stubblefield was the wide receivers coach at Miami, helping the Hurricanes to the Independence Bowl. Prior to his first stint at Air Force, Stubblefield was wide receivers coach for the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Toronto Argonauts in 2016 and was at Utah from 2014-15. He guided Britain Corey to Pac-12 all-Freshman team honors while at Utah.
Prior to coaching at Utah from 2014-15, he coached at Central Washington (2007), Eastern Michigan (as a graduate assistant in 2008), Illinois State (2009-10), Central Michigan (2011), New Mexico (2012) and Wake Forest (2013).
While at Wake Forest, his leading receiver, Michael Campanaro, was named second-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference. While at Central Michigan, Stubblefield coached three third-team all-Mid-American Conference receivers in Titus Davis, Courtney Williams and Cody Wilson. Davis was a Phil Steele Freshman All-American.
In his two years at Illinois State, Stubblefield mentored three all-Missouri Valley Football Conference honorees, including first-team receiver Eyad Salem. Salem set a school record for receptions in a season with 92. Stubblefield also had two receivers named to the MVFC all-Newcomer team during his time at Illinois State.
As a player at Purdue, Stubblefield was a consensus All-American and a 2004 finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, presented to the most outstanding receiver in college football. He finished his career (2001-04) with an NCAA record 316 receptions. He is the all-time leader in the Big Ten in receptions and ranks second in Big Ten history with 3,629 receiving yards.
Stubblefield's performance against Washington State in the 2001 Sun Bowl (nine receptions, Sun Bowl-record 196 yards, two touchdowns, Sun Bowl-record 244 all-purpose yards) earned him a spot on the Sun Bowl's 75th anniversary team. His 16 receiving touchdowns in 2004 are a Purdue single-season record.
After graduating from Purdue in 2005 with a degree in organization leadership and supervision, Stubblefield had professional stints with the NFL's Carolina Panthers and St. Louis Rams as well as the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
A native of Yakima, Wash., Stubblefield and his wife, Georgia, have a son, Jagger.
Coaching Career
2021-22 – Penn State (Wide Receivers/Offensive Recruiting Coordinator)
2020 – Penn State (Wide Receivers)
2019 – Miami (Fla.) (Wide Receivers)
2017-18 – Air Force (Wide Receivers)
2016 – Toronto Argonauts (Wide Receivers)
2014-15 – Utah (Wide Receivers)
2013 – Wake Forest (Wide Receivers)
2012 – New Mexico (Wide Receivers)
2011 – Central Michigan (Wide Receivers)
2009-10 – Illinois State (Wide Receivers)
2008 – Eastern Michigan (Graduate Assistant/Wide Receivers)
2007 – Central Washington (Wide Receivers)
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