Joe Taylor (born May 7, 1950) is a retired American football coach.
His last coaching job was as the head football coach at Florida A&M University from 2008 to November 2012.
Before that, he was the head football coach at Hampton University from 1992 to 2007 where he compiled a 136–49–1 record (.734) and won five black college football national championships (1994, 1997, 2004, 2005, and 2006) and eight conference titles.
He was also the head coach at Virginia Union University from 1984 to 1991, where he won one conference title on his way to an overall record of 60–19–3 (.750).