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Willie Taggart

1976–

United States

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Willie Author Taggart (born August 27, 1976) is an American professional football coach who is the running backs coach for the New York Giants 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.

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