Taylor Furlough, Assistant Coach, Pitchers
Taylor Furlough just completed his second season as assistant baseball coach for the Hawks. In Furlough's first season, he helped the Hawks to the most successful season in program history after posting a 36-20 record, garnering a NCCAA South Region Championship, and finishing in 4th place at the NCCAA Nationals.
Along with Carroll, Furlough is no stranger to the program after playing four seasons with the baseball program. As part of the pitching staff in 2005 he helped the Hawks to an appearance at the NCCAA World Series, under Carroll. That same season Furlough posted a team-low 1.20 ERA with a 4-1 record and five saves. Taylor spent two seasons on the football staff as an offensive backs and wide receivers coach prior to being hired by Carroll in January of 2008.
Furlough is a native of Columbia, North Carolina and was a stand out football and baseball player for Columbia High School. Furlough received his B.A. in Math from Chowan in 2005. He is currently enrolled at East Carolina University taking classes towards a Master’s Degree.
Bob Horton, Volunteer Assistant Coach
Bob Horton will enter his fifth season as a volunteer assistant with the Hawks baseball program. Informally he has helped the team over the past seven seasons in several different areas including field maintenance and recruiting.
Horton will assist in the day-to-day operation of the program while helping to maintain the field this season. He will also help coordinate the recruiting efforts with Coach Carroll. Horton is a native of Northampton County, North Carolina and attended East Carolina University.
He has two sons, Clay, who is 21, and Kyle who is 18. Clay is a member of the US Marine Corp while Kyle is a student at JH Rose in Greenville, NC.