Top 25
2-19
- Games
- 21
- Win rate
- 9.5%
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Coach Profile
Willie Taggart
2010-2022 • Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Oregon, South Florida, Western Kentucky
5 schools coached, anchored by South Florida.
Willie Taggart's coaching record is 71-81, highlighted by seasons at South Florida from 2010 to 2022.
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 record
- 71-81
- Career win rate
- 46.7%
- Average SRS
- -4.6
- Peak SRS
- 8.4
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years
- Best finish
- #19
- Consistency
- 34.0
Primary school anchor
South Florida
Balanced profile with 5 program stops and a peak score of 57.3.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 71-81
- South Florida record
- 24-25
- Full-season record
- 50-69
- Partial-season record
- 21-12
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-3
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-3
- Vs UCF
- 1-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
152 countable games, 46.7% win rate.
4 countable seasons at South Florida.
10 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
War on I-4 games in this dataset.
3 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 26, 2022. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Career Arc
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.
Willie Taggart
EliteStrongAverageLean
Willie Taggart: 2013 South FloridaWillie Taggart: 2017 OregonWillie Taggart: 2018 Florida StateWillie Taggart: 2020 Florida Atlantic
2010Actual season year • SRS range -17.8 to 8.42022
Active comparison point
Willie Taggart • 2015
2015 South Florida
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-5 • 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.
Ranked opponent record
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 10
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results21
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
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%
- Longest tenure
- South Florida • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oregon • 4.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oregon • 53.8%
Style and Strength Profile
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.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Willie Taggart sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeWillie Taggart sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Willie Taggart
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -4.8
- Percentile
- 43th pct
Mixed
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Florida Atlantic
2020-2022 • 15-18
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -7.2Win % 45.5%
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%
Florida State
2018-2019 • 9-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.3Win % 42.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 10.1 baseline
-5.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.8 during vs 17.8 baseline
-20.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.4 during vs 27.4 baseline
-26.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-80.0%
Oregon
2017-2017 • 7-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.6Win % 53.8%
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%
South Florida
2013-2016 • 24-25
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.9Win % 49.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.7 during vs 6.4 baseline
-1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.3 during vs 1.1 baseline
-7.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.9 during vs 3.5 baseline
-11.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Western Kentucky
2010-2012 • 16-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -9.6Win % 44.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 3.0 baseline
+1.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-12.2 during vs -19.7 baseline
+7.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-21.9 during vs -24.1 baseline
+2.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
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
Lowest SRS Season
Western Kentucky 2010
2-10 • SRS -17.8
Biggest Drop
Florida Atlantic 2020
5-4 • -8.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
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% | Season summary |
| Florida Atlantic | 2021 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -7.6 | -5.2 | 23.1 | 28.4 | +0.6 | -13.9% | Season summary |
| Florida Atlantic | 2020 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -8.2 | -0.3 | 23.2 | 23.7 | -8.4 | +11.1% | Season summary |
| Florida State | 2019 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 0.2 | 1.8 | 30.2 | 27.1 | +3.0 | +2.8% | Partial season |
| Florida State | 2018 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #19 | — | -2.8 | 1.4 | 25.0 | 22.8 | -7.4 | -12.2% | Season summary |
| Oregon | 2017 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 4.6 | 9.1 | 35.0 | 25.1 | -2.6 | -29.5% | Season summary |
| South Florida | 2016 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #19 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 44.4 | 34.9 | -1.2 | +21.8% | Partial season |
| South Florida | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 8.4 | 3.6 | 30.1 | 26.8 | +23.3 | +28.2% | Season summary |
| South Florida | 2014 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -14.9 | -11.8 | 19.0 | 32.3 | -2.5 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| South Florida | 2013 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -12.4 | -15.5 | 10.8 | 27.2 | -8.0 | -41.7% | Season summary |
| Western Kentucky | 2012 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -4.4 | -4.7 | 26.1 | 28.9 | +2.1 | 0.0% | Partial season |
| Western Kentucky | 2011 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -6.5 | -16.1 | 16.9 | 32.4 | +11.3 | +41.7% | Season summary |
| Western Kentucky | 2010 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -17.8 | -27.6 | 12.5 | 37.2 | — | — | Season summary |
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