Carl C. Taylor in as American softball coach who was the first coach in Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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 history to win a National Championship when he led the 2006 Rutgers-Camden Softball

Softball

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 team to national championship victory in Raleigh, North Carolina

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, defeating the reigning National Champions, University of St. Thomas

University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)

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Biography

After the 2007 season Taylor retired after 12 years as Rutgers-Camden's head softball coach. He was also drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 draft in 1979 by the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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, but did not play in a Major League game. In January 1981 he was signed by the Dodgers.