Success for a college football coach is best determined over an extended period of time.
Impatient Florida State fans might not want to hear that these days. Willie Taggart will enter Season 2 as Seminoles coach trying to rebound from maybe the worst debut of any of last season’s first-year FBS coaches. Florida State (5-7) missed a bowl game for the first time since 1981.
Same goes for Chip Kelly at UCLA (3-9). Kelly’s first season was even worse than Taggart’s. The nature of the fanbases and program expectations mean Kelly is likely to be extended more patience in rebuilding than Taggart.