MIKE TAYLOR

HEAD COACH AND GENERAL MANAGER

HOMETOWN: Jacksonville, FL

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE: Indiana of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA)

BIO

Mike Taylor returns for his second year as the head coach and general manager of the Winnipeg Sea Bears.

In 2023, Taylor was named the first-ever bench boss of Winnipeg's expansion franchise. Taylor led the team to a Western Conference-leading 12-8 record, earning CEBL Coach of the Year honours.

Taylor brings to the table two decades of professional coaching experience. Most recently, he served as the head coach for the CEBL’s Fraser Valley Bandits. Prior to that, he coached the Polish national team from 2014 to 2021, bringing their world ranking up from 42 to 13. He also led the team to a top-eight finish at the FIBA World Cup in China in 2019 and three EuroBasket appearances in 2015, 2017 and 2022. 

Taylor also left his mark on the German basketball scene, coaching 11 seasons and leading three organizations to promotion (Hamburg Towers, Ratiopharm Ulm and Chemnitz 99ers). In the U.S., he led the Maine Red Claws (now the Maine Celtics) of the NBA G League to the organization’s first playoff appearance and coached the league’s all-star game in 2013.