Willie Author Taggart[1] (born August 27, 1976) is an American football coach who is the running backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He has held the head coach position at five NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision programs: Western Kentucky (2009 to 2012 seasons); South Florida (2013 to 2016); Oregon (2017); Florida State (2018 and part of the 2019 season); and Florida Atlantic (2020 to 2022). At all five schools, he was the first African-American to be hired as the head coach.
^"Personnel Changes", On Campus, vol. 10, no. 7, Western Kentucky University, p. 23, 2000
Willie Author Taggart (born August 27, 1976) is an American football coach who is the running backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football...
serving as quarterbacks coach under WillieTaggart in 2010. Sanford also served on the same coaching staff as Taggart under Jim Harbaugh at Stanford. During...
hiring of WillieTaggart as the next head coach. During a shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no prior spring practice, Taggart led the FAU...
the new head coach. On December 8, 2012, USF announced the hire of WillieTaggart, who previously served as head football coach at Western Kentucky. Despite...
coach WillieTaggart. Leading the Ducks to a 4–1 start, Herbert's transition from the Chip Kelly/Mark Helfrich-era's “Blur Offense” to Taggart's “Gulf...
fired following DUI". ESPN. 22 January 2017. "Taggart, you're it! Florida State hires Oregon's WillieTaggart as new head coach, becoming the biggest snake...
He transferred to FSU in 2019 under head coach WillieTaggart but did not take the field until Taggart was fired. During his time as a Seminole, Travis...
Lanning's two immediate predecessors at Oregon, Mario Cristobal and WillieTaggart, had both left early for different head coaching jobs. Lanning and his...
Fisher, and the final four games of the 2019 season, after the firing of WillieTaggart. Haggins has been a member of the Florida State Seminoles coaching staff...
WillieTaggart, who previously coached at Western Kentucky, would be the third head coach in USF football history. The Bulls struggled in Taggart's first...
(1864–1931), German artist, illustrator and author Willie Sutton (1901–1980), American bank robber WillieTaggart (born 1976), American college football coach...
backs coach in the 2009 Sun Bowl under his son, Jim. Jack filled in for WillieTaggart, who had recently been hired as the new head football coach at WKU....
12 wins from Bowden tenure". usatoday.com. "Taggart, you're it! Florida State hires Oregon's WillieTaggart as new head coach". Tallahassee Democrat. "Florida...
Cristobal joined WillieTaggart's staff at Oregon, where he helped the Ducks sign the 13th ranked recruiting class. After Taggart left Oregon for a head...
rumors ceased after the Ducks hired former South Florida Bulls coach WillieTaggart on December 7. The 49ers finally got their second win of the season...
Atlantic announced Tom Herman as their next head coach. Herman replaced WillieTaggart, who was fired after three years with the Owls. Herman is a member of...
Florida State was initially led by second-year head coach WillieTaggart. On November 3, 2019, Taggart was fired after losing to Miami (FL) and falling to 4–5...
athletic director Dave Coburn conceded as much. Fisher's successor, WillieTaggart, was stunned at the apparent laissez-faire attitude toward academics...
Louisiana. The following season, Guidry re-united with WillieTaggart as the safeties coach on Taggart's Florida Atlantic staff. In January 2021, it was announced...
seasons as defensive coordinator at Florida State University under WillieTaggart. Barnett's experience at Florida State was integral to his development...
of black coaches in leadership roles like David Shaw, Derek Mason, WillieTaggart, Jim Caldwell, Pep Hamilton" and himself. Harbaugh's participation in...
had a breakout season under the direction of then-running backs coach WillieTaggart. He set the Stanford single-season rushing record with 1,136 yards,...
Western Kentucky hired Petrino as their new head coach, replacing WillieTaggart, who had departed for South Florida. Petrino signed a four-year contract...
coach WillieTaggart, who was in his fourth year. Following the regular season, but before the team's appearance in the Birmingham Bowl, Taggart left to...
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