Montana Western, University of

Willis Taylor was a football student-athlete at the University of Montana Western from 1994-1996.

As a football athlete at Montana Western, Willis received several honors. Willis was a three-time All Conference Wide Receiver and was a member of the back to back Frontier Conference Championship Teams in 1994 and 1995. He was the Bulldog Team Captain in 1996 and earned an Honorable Mention from the 1996 Black Issues in Higher Education’s Second Annual Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Awards Program.

After opening stores for Patagonia on the east and west coasts, Willis managed the extended day program for 16 years at the Gardner School of Arts & Sciences, a private progressive school. Recently his wife Jackie started her own school, The Lupine Experiential School, where he currently teaches physical education.