Top 25
3-24
- Games
- 27
- Win rate
- 11.1%
Coach Profile
2010-2022 • Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Oregon, South Florida, Western Kentucky
5 schools coached, anchored by South Florida.
Willie Taggart coached 13 seasons, won 46.7%, and posted an average SRS of -4.6. Best season: 2015 South Florida. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 5 stints shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
South Florida
Balanced profile with 5 program stops and a peak score of 57.3.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
8-5 • SRS 8.4 • SP Overall 3.6
Win %
61.5%
YoY SRS
+23.3
SP Off / Def
30.1 / 26.8
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 25
3-24
Top 10
0-6
Top 5
0-5
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Florida Atlantic
2020-2022 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -7.2 • Win % 45.5%
Florida State
2018-2019 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -1.3 • Win % 42.9%
Oregon
2017-2017 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 4.6 • Win % 53.8%
South Florida
2013-2016 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -2.9 • Win % 49.0%
Western Kentucky
2010-2012 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -9.6 • Win % 44.4%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Willie Taggart sets the reference point in overall strength.
Willie Taggart sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Willie Taggart
Mixed
Mixed
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
2020-2022 • 15-18
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 6.6 baseline
-1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.2 during vs -4.2 baseline
-3.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.2 during vs -4.0 baseline
-0.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
2018-2019 • 9-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 10.1 baseline
-5.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.3 during vs 17.8 baseline
-19.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.6 during vs 27.4 baseline
-25.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-80.0%
2017-2017 • 7-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 9.8 baseline
-2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 19.5 baseline
-14.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.1 during vs 20.5 baseline
-11.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-80.0%
2013-2016 • 24-25
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 6.4 baseline
-0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.9 during vs 1.1 baseline
-4.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.5 during vs 3.5 baseline
-7.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
2010-2012 • 16-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 3.0 baseline
+2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-9.6 during vs -19.7 baseline
+10.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-16.1 during vs -24.1 baseline
+8.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
South Florida 2015
8-5 • SRS 8.4
Biggest Improvement
South Florida 2015
8-5 • 23.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
South Florida 2016
10-2 • SP Off 44.4
Best Defensive Season
Florida State 2018
5-7 • SP Def 22.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Western Kentucky 2010
2-10 • SRS -17.8
Biggest Drop
Florida Atlantic 2020
5-4 • -8.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Florida Atlantic | 2022 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -5.9 | -7.1 | 24.4 | 30.4 | +1.7 | 0.0% |
| Florida Atlantic | 2021 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -7.6 | -5.2 | 23.1 | 28.4 | +0.6 | -13.9% |
| Florida Atlantic | 2020 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -8.2 | -0.3 | 23.2 | 23.7 | -8.4 | +11.1% |
| Florida State | 2019 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 0.2 | 1.8 | 30.2 | 27.1 | +3.0 | +2.8% |
| Florida State | 2018 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #19 | — | -2.8 | 1.4 | 25.0 | 22.8 | -7.4 | -12.2% |
| Oregon | 2017 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 4.6 | 9.1 | 35.0 | 25.1 | -2.6 | -29.5% |
| South Florida | 2016 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #19 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 44.4 | 34.9 | -1.2 | +21.8% |
| South Florida | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 8.4 | 3.6 | 30.1 | 26.8 | +23.3 | +28.2% |
| South Florida | 2014 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -14.9 | -11.8 | 19.0 | 32.3 | -2.5 | +16.7% |
| South Florida | 2013 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -12.4 | -15.5 | 10.8 | 27.2 | -8.0 | -41.7% |
| Western Kentucky | 2012 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -4.4 | -4.7 | 26.1 | 28.9 | +2.1 | 0.0% |
| Western Kentucky | 2011 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -6.5 | -16.1 | 16.9 | 32.4 | +11.3 | +41.7% |
| Western Kentucky | 2010 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -17.8 | -27.6 | 12.5 | 37.2 | — | — |
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