USF's Taggart can make recruiting splash 
December, 8, 2012
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Corey Long | ESPN.com
South Florida needed to hire a head coach that would restore the program’s appeal to recruits in the talent-rich Tampa Bay area and energize a fan base that had clearly given up in the final weeks of the Skip Holtz era.
They couldn’t have made a much better choice than Willie Taggart.
Taggart was born in Palmetto, Fla., less than a half hour from Tampa and he was a star quarterback for Bradenton (Fla.) Manatee in the early 1990s. In three years at Western Kentucky he has established himself as a solid recruiter in west central Florida.
They couldn’t have made a much better choice than Willie Taggart.
Taggart was born in Palmetto, Fla., less than a half hour from Tampa and he was a star quarterback for Bradenton (Fla.) Manatee in the early 1990s. In three years at Western Kentucky he has established himself as a solid recruiter in west central Florida.
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