Willie Taggart’s new job will offset the money Florida State owes him as part of his buyout, but not by much
Every little bit helps, right?
Florida State’s decision to fire Willie Taggart less than two years into his contract came with a steep financial cost, with the deposed head coach being owed in the very ritzy neighborhood of $18 million. That buyout, though, would be offset by any money Taggart would make in his next job(s).
Wednesday evening, Florida Atlantic announced that Taggart had been hired as its next head football coach. As of this posting, FAU has yet to release the financial particulars of Taggart’s deal with the university.
At least a portion of that info, though, has now been made public.
For perspective, the man Taggart is replacing, new Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin, was paid $1.432 million in guaranteed compensation for 2019.
So, if Berkowitz’s numbers are accurate — and they normally very much are — FSU’s future obligation to Taggart would drop to just under $14 million. So they have that going for them. Which is nice.
Entire article:
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...es-him-as-part-of-his-buyout-but-not-by-much/
Just sayin': (Think about it) Willie Taggert really hit the "college coach lottery"; after one good season in his coaching career (i.e. 10-2 at South Florida in 2016), a bad season at Oregon (i.e. 7-5 in 2017) and 2 bad seasons at Free shoes (i.e. 5-7 in 2018 and 4-5 in 2019) he's probably now worth over $20M dollars. Granted, he is now stuck at FAU, but he should sleep well at night knowing he's financially secure (and do what he damn well pleases) for the rest of his life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Taggart
