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By Justin Spears / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥

Taylor Mazzone hails from a football background, and has been around the game ever since he was born. 

He grew up around his father and longtime coordinator, Noel, who's ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s current offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. While their mannerisms are similar, he'll be the first one to tell you that they each have contrastive styles of coaching.

Taylor is ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s outside wide receivers coach, while Theron Aych handles the inside receivers.

Mazzone formerly played wide receiver at East Carolina and finished his playing career in 2009. Ever since then, he's been a coach. Taylor was a graduate assistant from 2010-11 at ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ State, while Noel was the offensive coordinator. Taylor then became UCLA's quarterbacks coach from 2013-15, followed by two years at Texas A&M before arriving to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. 

He's young, but he's been around college football his entire life whether it was observing or actually coaching.

Taylor spoke to the media following Monday's practice, here's what he had to say. 

Taylor Mazzone’s father, Noel, is ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s offensive coordinator. How are they different on the football field?

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ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ outside receivers coach Taylor Mazzone on his group and Saturday’s open practice:

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Taylor Mazzone on receivers Shawn Poindexter, Cedric Peterson and Devaughn Cooper:

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Taylor Mazzone says speed is more important than size when playing outside receiver. Mazzone also talks about the usage of Christian Kirk at Texas A&M, and Shun Brown’s versatility to play slot/outside.

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Before Taylor Mazzone started coaching football, he wanted to go into construction management. His father, Noel, was the OC under Dennis Erickson at the school “up north from here� in 2010. Noel offered Taylor to coach, and the rest was history.

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Taylor Mazzone: “I’m just enjoying being around a bunch of playmakers.�

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Taylor Mazzone on why Khalil Tate wears a camera on his helmet in practice:

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Taylor Mazzone says his areas of recruiting are Orange County and San Diego. “I got it real rough. ... I might carry two bags out on the first day and not come back for about 3 weeks.�

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Taylor Mazzone on where he wants the wide receiver depth, and the advantages of having two coaches at the position:

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Taylor Mazzone on the wide receivers ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ signed for the 2018 class:

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