Dean Taylor (born April 19, 1951) is an American former front office executive in Major League Baseball who most recently served as the vice president of baseball operations and assistant general manager for the Kansas City Royals.
Prior to that, he was a minor league general manager for four years and was named the 1979 Northwest League Executive of the Year while serving as general manager of the Eugene Emeralds.
Prior to the 1991 season, Taylor was hired as assistant general manager of the Atlanta Braves under Schuerholz and contributed to eight consecutive National League Eastern Division titles and the 1995 World Series Championship.
He spent the 2003 season as a consultant for the Los Angeles Dodgers before being named as assistant general manager of the Cincinnati Reds in December of that year.
Taylor returned to the Kansas City Royals in June 2006 as vice president of baseball operations and assistant general manager and contributed to the resurgence of the franchise over the next nine seasons.