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Willie Taggart Leaving Oregon For Florida State

Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard
Willie Taggart is pictured here at a press conference ahead of the team's spring drills in this April 5, 2017, file photo. Taggart is leaving the Oregon program after one season to become Florida State's next head coach.

Willie Taggart is going to do something else.

After only one season as Oregon’s head coach, Taggart is leaving to accept the same position at Florida State, according to a Sports Illustrated report.

A source told The Register-Guard that Oregon’s players have been summoned to a 1:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday at the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex to be informed of the news.

Just shy of a calendar year since Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens hired Taggart away from South Florida on Dec. 7, 2016, the 41-year-old Palmetto, Florida, native is heading back to his home state.

Read the whole story at The Register-Guard.