You’ve heard it plenty of times since Willie Taggart’s hire as the next head football coach at Florida State University: he’s part of the Harbaugh “coaching tree.” But just what — and whom — does that entail?
First, some history: a coaching tree is all about those who’ve worked under a particular coach and then gone on to bigger and better things for themselves elsewhere. Taggart’s history with the Harbaughs goes back quite some time. He began by playing his college ball at Western Kentucky under Jack Harbaugh.
After being recruited to WKU by Jack’s son Jim, an assistant at the time and the present coach of the Michigan Wolverines, Taggart enjoyed a very successful quarterback career for the Hilltoppers, which he immediately parlayed into the onset of his coaching career.