Taylor Long begins her second season at Washington State and first as the program's Directro of Football Operations. Long served as WSU's Director of On-Campus Recruiting during the 2024 season.
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Lee joined WSU having spent the previous three seasons in the football program at San Diego State, the first two as office coordinator and in 2023 as Assistant Director of Football Operations / Executive Assistant to Head Coach. Long provides executive-level administrative and professional support for the football staff. She was also responsible for overseeing daily internal operations and served as the team liaison for student-athletes, human resources, development, marketing and NFL personnel.
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In addition, Long oversaw the football student intern program and manages community engagements for coach Hoke and his players.
Prior to joining the Aztec staff, Long spent two years at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as event operations and fan assistance coordinator at Memorial Stadium. Along with her endless administrative duties, Long created and executed a new fan assistance program for Golden Bear football games, managing all recruitment, hiring and training of employees.
During her time in the Bay Area, Long also had stints in facility operations with the Oakland Raiders and Golden State Warriors as a guest services representative.
Long received her bachelor’s degree in communication and sport management from the University of Arizona in 2017 before earning a master’s in sport management from the University of San Francisco in 2019.
As an undergraduate at Arizona, Long was the lead equipment manager for the Wildcat football program, training and overseeing a staff of 18 student managers. Additionally, she assisted the quarterback and tight end position coaches with the preparation and execution of practice drills.
