University of Richmond Women's Track & Field

As the Director of Track & Field/Cross Country, Lori Taylor has led the Spiders to amazing heights in her 23 years at Richmond. A pioneer, she is one of the ...

Andre Moore joined Richmond as the Assistant Coach of Track and Field in November 2025. Moore’s first tenure with the Spiders spanned from 2010 to 2018, duri...

Billy Caldwell joined Richmond as the Associate Head Coach of Cross Country and Track and Field in October 2024. A native of Downingtown, Pa., Caldwell joins the Spiders program from East Carolina University. While at ECU he served as the head coach of the Pirates cross country program and an assistant coach for the men's and women's track and field teams where he focused on the middle distance and distance runners (400M-10K and 3KSC) since August of 2022. As the Pirates head cross country and middle distance/distance coach, he was responsible for multiple facets of the program including recruiting coordinator for the event areas he covered, travel coordinator for the cross country and track & field teams and home meet event director. In 2024, he guided his Pirate distance group to 15 top-10 times in program history as well as helping a student-athlete to the program record in the 10,000m. In the outdoor season, Caldwell coached another student-athlete to the finals of the 800m and 1,500m at the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Championships. In his first year at the helm of the Pirates distance group, Caldwell oversaw 31 personal records, 24 top-10 marks in program history and the program record in the 10,000m. He also saw two individuals qualify to finals at the AAC Indoor Track & Field Championships as well as two in the AAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships scoring ten points in the indoor season and eight points in the outdoor season. “The culture of success made me

In 23 seasons at Richmond, Steve Taylor has led the Spiders to a top 25 finish in the NCAA D1 National Cross Country Championship, multiple Atlantic 10 Conference Championship team titles, coached two USA national teams, co-founded the Collegiate Running Association and been selected to the USA Track & Field (USATF) National Team Development Committee as the Men’s Long Distance Running (LDR) Chair (3KSC, 5K, 10K, Marathon) in addition to his attention to developing cross country and track & field student-athletes to their fullest potential. Along with his wife, Lori (Director of Track & Field/Cross Country) they have placed the Spiders program back onto the national stage during their tenure. In his career, which spans over 30 years, Steve has guided 1 World Champion, 7 World Team Medalist (Top 3 Team Finish), 11 World Championship -Top 10 Individual Finishers, 5 National Champions, 32 U.S. International Team Athletes, 18 NCAA All-Americans, 73 Collegiate Running All-Americans, 236 Conference Champions and 561 All-Conference Medalists. He’s been part of 19 team titles within the Atlantic 10 and Metro Conferences for men’s and women’s cross country and track & field, 21 top 10 team finishes within the NCAA Southeast Region in cross country, been selected the conference Cross Country Coach of the Year on 5 occasions and been nominated as the NCAA D1 National Cross Country Coach of the Year (2010). In 2024 the Spider men extended their steak to 22 consecutive years of earning NC