University of Richmond Athletics
Huesman Adds Taylor, Cummings to Coaching Staff
01/29/2025 | Football
Taylor comes to Richmond after stops including Columbia, William & Mary, Dartmouth, Virginia State, Saint Francis, and the Buffalo Bills. Most recently, he served as Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator, and Quarterbacks Coach at Bluefield State during the 2024 season.
Taylor began his time at Columbia in 2019 where he coached the Lions' wide receivers. Following the 2021 season, he also took on the role of Offensive Pass Game Coordinator. In 2021, Columbia's wide receivers combined for 103 receptions, 1,222 yards, and seven touchdowns, as Taylor helped the team double its receiving yardage from the previous season.
During his time at William & Mary in 2018, Taylor helped DeVonte Dedmon earn All-CAA honors, leading the team in receptions, yards, and touchdowns.
Prior to his time in Williamsburg, Taylor spent four years at Dartmouth where he helped the team's receivers earn multiple All-Ivy honors and also served as the program's recruiting coordinator. He got his start with the Big Green as an offensive quality control coach during the 2014-15 season before gaining NFL experience as a summer intern wide receivers coach with the Buffalo Bills in 2016.
A homecoming for Taylor, his coaching journey began as a graduate assistant at Richmond during the 2011-12 season. Afterward, he coached tight ends at Saint Francis from 2012-13 and then served as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Virginia State in 2013-14.
A Richmond native, Taylor is a product of Lee-Davis (now Mechanicsville) High School.
Cummings joins the Richmond staff after most recently serving as offensive line coach at App State for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Cummings will share co-offensive coordinator duties with Jacob Huesman. Huesman, who has been on the Richmond staff since 2023, will continue leading Richmond's quarterbacks while in his new role.In his first season in Boone in 2023, Cummings helped lead the Mountaineers to a nine-win season and a Sun Belt East Division title. In his debut season, he coached a line featuring five transfer starters, guiding the group to rank second in the Sun Belt for fewest sacks allowed (1.50 per game) and contributing to an offense that averaged 273.6 passing yards and 172.0 rushing yards per game. Bucky Williams, Isaiah Helms, and Jack Murphy earned All-Sun Belt honors under his guidance.
In 2024, Cummings' line protected Joey Aguilar, the Sun Belt's leader in passing yards, and allowed just 15 sacks while helping Ahmani Marshall record five straight 100-yard games to end the season.
Cummings brings over three decades of coaching experience to Richmond, including a stint at Cincinnati, where he helped the Bearcats earn a bowl berth in 2022. He also spent time serving as offensive coordinator at Central Michigan and UConn.
At Central Michigan, Cummings developed NFL talent, including Eric Fisher, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, and helped lead the Chippewas to a 9-4 record in 2021. He helped produce top NFL prospects in Bernhard Raimann and Luke Goedeke, both drafted in the top three rounds.
Cummings spent 16 years at Central Michigan across five stints, overseeing top-25 passing offenses and developing five All-MAC offensive linemen. His 2019 offensive line helped two running backs rush for 1,000 yards, contributing to Central Michigan leading the MAC in total offense (6,070 yards).
Cummings has also coached at VMI, Marshall, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Michigan State under Nick Saban.