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Taj-Amir Torres

  • Title
    Assistant Football Coach/Cornerbacks
    Recruits: New England, Pennsylvania (Central), California (Northern), and Oregon
  • Email
    ttorres@colgate.edu
  • Phone
    315-228-7603
  • Alma Mater
    Boston College '19
Coaching Experience
  • Assistant Coach/Cornerbacks, Colgate University (2025-pr.)
  • Assistant Coach/Cornerbacks, SUNY Cortland (2023-2025)
  • Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers, Mark T. Sheehan High School (2022-23)
  • Assistant Coach/Defensive Backs & Head Strength Coach, Putnam Vocational Technical Academy (2022)
  • Assistant Coach, Xaverian Brothers High School (2019)

Education
  • B.S., Applied Psychology & Human Development, Boston College (2019)
  • B.S., History, Boston College (2019)

Before Colgate
Taj-Amir Torres was named Colgate University's assistant coach for cornerbacks in March 2025. 

Torres, a national champion, reunites with Fitzpatrick after serving two seasons as the cornerbacks coach at SUNY Cortland. He helped guide the Red Dragons to their first-ever national title in 2023 while compiling a 25-2 overall record and perfect 18-0 conference mark.

During his time in Cortland, Torres assisted in the development of multiple All-Conference selections, including an All-America Third Team honoree and a pair of All-Region picks. He also was part of the coaching staff that was named Empire 8 Conference Coaching Staff of the Year and contributed to Fitzpatrick's National Coach of the Year honor in 2023.

Torres graduated from Boston College in January 2019 with a bachelor's degree in applied psychology & human development, and history, and is a master's degree candidate in clinical psychology at American International College.

Torres was cornerbacks coach and assisted with wide receivers at Mark T. Sheehan High School in Connecticut in the fall of 2022 and was the program's defensive backs and receivers coach and special teams coordinator in the spring of 2023. He also coached defensive backs and was head strength coach at Putnam Vocational Technical Academy in Massachusetts in the spring of 2022 and coached at Xaverian Brothers High School (Mass.) and with Under Armour Youth Football in the summer of 2019.

The Amherst, Mass., native is a 2016 alumnus of Amherst Regional High School. He was a two-time first team All-Western Massachusetts football player as well as a four-time state champion sprinter on the track and field team with three titles in the 100-meter dash from 2013-15 along with a 200-meter dash crown in 2015.

Playing Experience
Torres played cornerback for four seasons at Division I Boston College from 2015-18. He finished his career with five interceptions, 16 pass breakups and 108 tackles, 72 solo. He intercepted passes versus Miami, Syracuse and Temple as a senior, and in his junior season returned an interception for a touchdown in a win over UConn. He signed as a free agent and attended rookie minicamp with the NFL's Tennessee Titans in 2019.