When the Oregon Ducks come to Palo Alto this weekend to take on the Stanford Cardinal, something truly awesome will happen: Two African American coaches will face each other on the field. This isn’t something you see every Saturday folks.
Coach Shaw and Taggart are currently the only two black head coaches within the Pac-12 Conference and among only seven black coaches at power five schools. Taggart has spoke on the matter and what is the elephant in the room, for black coaches:
“My goal has been the same since I started coaching: be the first African American head coach to win a national title.