Taylor Mouser

Biography

COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Taylor Mouser joins the Nittany Lions as their offensive coordinator, previously spending the last 10 seasons on the Iowa State coaching staff under Matt Campbell. Mouser most recently served the last two years as offensive coordinator and also oversaw the tight end room for the last five seasons. He was named the 2025 Football Scoop Tight Ends Coach of the Year. Mouser has coached a number of All-Americans and All-Big 12 performers to unprecedented success working with the offense, including back Breece Hall, who led the nation in rushing in 2020, became the first unanimous All-American in school history, tight end Charlie Kolar, ISU’s only three-time All-American, and quarterback Brock Purdy, who graduated owning/sharing 32 school records. In recent years, Iowa State produced four of the most prolific offenses in Cyclone football history. Iowa State broke the school record for total offense (444.3) and had the third-best scoring offense (32.2) in school history in 2019, and followed it up with the second-best scoring offense (32.9) and third-best total offense (436.3) totals in Cyclone history in 2020. The Cyclones also set the following school records with Mouser aiding the offense: touchdowns (53; 2019), points (418; 2019), yards per play (6.45; 2019) and rushing touchdowns (31; 2020). The Cyclones closed the 2025 season rushing for at least 150 yards in seven-straight games, the longest streak since doing so for eight-straight games from 2008-09.