University of South Dakota Athletics

Taylor Filzen joined the South Dakota women's basketball coaching staff as the director of operations on Oct. 3, 2022. She enters her first year on staff in 2022-23.

Filzen comes to Coyote women’s basketball after spending the past nine years in an operations role with the Dayton volleyball program.
 
Filzen’s duties with the Flyers included managing program travel, budget operations, scheduling, community service, COVID protocols, program personnel and hosting logistics. She served as the primary program liaison with administrative and athletic department staff, communicated as parent liaison and worked as the program’s academic coordinator. Filzen also served as the program’s video coordinator, handling video breakdown and preparing data and analyzing trends for team and staff reports.
 
Prior to Dayton, Filzen worked at her alma mater, the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, as the coordinator of athletic communication and administration. She served as the primary sports information contact for six varsity athletic programs with duties including writing and distributing press releases, coordinating social media efforts, conducting interviews and producing live video streams. She had previously worked as a sports information student assistant at Northwestern – St. Paul, in addition to internships with Carleton College and Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.
 
A 2012 graduate of the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, Filzen helped the Eagles’ volleyball team reach the NCAA Tournament. She earned her bachelor’s degree in public relations and went on to earn a master’s degree in organizational leadership in 2015.