Ohio high school football coaching news, Barberton hires Pyrce Taylor

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Pyrce Taylor has been named the Barberton High School football coach.

The Barberton Board of Education approved the hiring of Taylor to lead the Magics football team during a Jan. 14 meeting. Taylor was the offensive coordinator at Youngstown Chaney High School under coach Seth Antram during the 2025 football season.

Taylor attended Akron Public Schools and is a graduate of Buchtel High School and Kent State University. He is an academic advisor at Kent State University, where he provides holistic support to undergraduate students through individualized academic planning, course selection, major exploration and degree progression.

“I am honored and grateful for the opportunity to lead Barberton football," Taylor said in a statement. "Being on this journey with our student-athletes means a great deal to me, and I am excited to build a disciplined, relationship-driven program focused on developing young men and representing Barberton with integrity on and off the field. I can’t wait to get to work serving our student-athletes, our school, and the Barberton community.”

Taylor played quarterback at Buchtel for former Griffins coach Ricky Powers and then was a reserve player at Kent State University. After his playing career, he became a graduate assistant from 2020-22 for former Kent State coach Sean Lewis. Powers is now the Lyndhurst Brush football coach and Lewis is the coach at San Diego State University.

Taylor, a 2017 Buchtel graduate, earned All-Northeast Inland District honors in Division III as a senior quarterback in 2016.

Taylor worked with quarterbacks at Kent State, including during the 2021 season when Golden Flashes QB Dustin Crum was named the 2021 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year. Taylor was in his graduate coaching position role when the Golden Flashes went to the 2021 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and finished with a 7-7 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the MAC.

Additionally, Taylor has done private training for youth and high school football players, specializing in training quarterbacks.

Michael Beaven can be reached at mbeaven@thebeaconjournal.

This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Barberton High School hires Pyrce Taylor as football head coach

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