Florida State has hired Oregon coach Willie Taggart as its new head coach.
The Seminoles met with Taggart in Arizona on Monday afternoon and completed negotiations on Tuesday.
Taggart has called a team meeting at 4:30 p.m. EST and is expected to informed his players that he is taking the job.
With the hire, FSU has had three permanent head coaches in the last 40 years dating back to Bobby Bowden being hired in 1976.
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He led WKU to two winning seasons in 2011 and 2012 after becoming a first-time head coach in 2010, and led USF to its first 10 win season in 2016 before leaving for Oregon.
He was the running backs coach at Stanford under Jim Harbaugh prior to taking over the Hilltoppers.
Taggart's buyout is currently $3 million, but Oregon offered Taggart a five-year, $20 million extension to remain head coach over a week ago.
Taggart is considered an ace recruiter, and has the Ducks sitting at No. 6 in the 247Sports composite team rankings. The next closest Pac-12 team is UCLA at No. 16.
The Seminoles recruiting class is currently ranked No. 32 after a rash of decommitments during the Jimbo Fisher saga.
With the college football's new early signing period from Dec. 20-22, Taggart is going to have to get a staff in place quickly to keep together the remainder of the class and start recruiting his own players.
