Taylor McColskey - Building an Offense with Speed: How to Play FAST!

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Taylor McColskey joined head coach David Rehr's staff with Houston prior to the 2022 season following three successful seasons at Mississippi State.

McColskey, specializing in attacking, helped push Houston's offense to new heights in 2022. The Cougars hitting percentage increased 23 points to .249, the third highest in program history and 46th best in the country. He assisted in one of the greatest seasons in team history, with Houston reaching the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1994 and being one of five teams to post 30-or-more wins.

In 2023, McColskey helped mentor AVCA Third Team All-American Kenna Sauer and AVCA All-Region honoree Abbie Jackson while also tutoring Kellen Morin who broke the team's hitting percentage record, hitting .387 (172-40-341) on the year. He aided the team as it earned a place in its second consecutive NCAA Tournament, defeating UC Santa Barbara in the first round before falling in five sets to #2 Stanford.

Over his first two seasons in Starkville, Miss., McColskey had a hand in the program's rise in the SEC during the Julie Darty Dennis era. In his role, McColskey served as the program's recruiting coordinator, while assisting in training student-athletes and scouting opponents. His diverse coaching background and experience on the court had a major impact on the Bulldog program, especially at the net.

In McColskey's first season as an assistant coach for Mississippi State volleyball, he helped lead the squad to an 11-1 start, which tied the program's best 12-match start all-time (2000, 1992).