Willie Taggart to be named next head coach at Oregon

Dec 10, 2016, 00:50
Willie Taggart to be named next head coach at Oregon

According to an ESPN report, the Ducks will hire South Florida's Willie Taggart as their next head coach, replacing Mark Helfrich, who was sacked after the team finished 4-8 this season. He has a 24-25 record in four seasons with USF.

Now Taggart will lead nationally ranked USF against SC in the Birmingham Bowl on December 29. Tony Dungy, whose son played at OR before transferring to USF to play for Taggart, endorsed Taggart while speaking to ESPN last week.

USF is in the market for a new head coach, as Willie Taggart's successful four-year tenure in Tampa has come to an end. The achievements of our football program both on and off the field speak for themselves. "It also gives us an opportunity to improve our program in our first year".

We know he can coach.

USF Board of Trustees Chair Brian Lamb added, "The trajectory of USF Athletics is strong". It has elevated the spirit of our campuses as well as our national profile.

"He's the leader of this football program, but he's a leader in my department".

Combine his coaching with his recruiting, and Taggart makes for an intriguing option with the Ducks.

OR announced Wednesday that it had hired Taggart to take over following a disappointing 4-8 season and the dismissal of coach Mark Helfrich. With a new Head Coach in place, Lenoir seems like he may be changing his tune. "Oregon is a different situation [than USF]. We have a very bright future under his leadership". Commits expressed their praise, and key targets gave their opinions that Taggart was the right choice. The event will be streamed live on Facebook and Twitter via the GoDucks accounts. Between 2009 and 2014, OR also won four Pac-12 championships, won two Rose Bowls and had its only Heisman Trophy victor in program history - quarterback Marcus Mariota. "I can't wait to get started".

Mark Helfrich was instrumental in getting a solid recruiting class for 2017. I think he's a guy that can relate to the players very well.

A former running backs coach at Stanford, Taggart was hired by Western Kentucky in 2010 and compiled a 16-20 record in three seasons before taking the job at South Florida. This year, Taggart led the Bulls to their first 10-win season in program history.

"He has some tremendous concepts and what is respectable about him is that he recognized with Florida athletes, what he did at Stanford might not be the best for players here, so he made adjustments", Weiner said.

Now that the dust begins to settle, candidates begin to emerge with ESPN's Brent McMurphy reporting that Ohio State offensive coordinator Greg Schiano and Florida State co-offensive coordinator Lawrence Dawsey are the frontrunners.

USF's rushing offense has been one of the best in the country in 2016.

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