From the second he was introduced as just the third FSU football coach since the 1976 season, Willie Taggart has been the refreshing breath of air that the program needed after what seemed to be a stale approach over the past few seasons following the lowering number of wins under his predecessor, who bolted for a big payday at Texas A&M.
It started with the embracement of social media and connecting with both the Seminole fan and alumni base as well as showing recruits that the program is going forward and not back. It continued with a spring football game with over 60,000 people in attendance – destroying the previous record for the FSU football program.