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Jason Taylor has been announced as the new Wests Tigers NRL coach on Monday afternoon.
Taylor beat a field including former coach Mick Potter’s assistants David Kidwell and Todd Payten, former St George Illawarra mentor Nathan Brown and ex-Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin.
An assistant under Trent Robinson with defending premiers the Sydney Roosters for the past two seasons, Taylor has enjoyed success as a head coach at NRL level, leading Parramatta to the finals in 2006 and South Sydney to their first finals series in 18 years in 2007.
Taylor has previously coached Parramatta as a caretaker after Brian Smith vacated the role in 2006, where he enojyed a successfuly transition to the top job with a 64 per cent win ratio. After his initial success at Souths he then had two largely unsuccessful years at the club.
A goal-kicking halfback in his playing days, Taylor held the overall points scoring record in the NRL, before being taken over by Andrew Johns in 2006.
He also holds the record for the most consecutive games in NRL history, with 194 straight.
Potter was told two weeks ago his contract as head coach with the joint venture would not be renewed after two tumultuous seasons at Concord.
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