On Thursday evening, Oregon head coach Willie Taggart took to Twitter to reveal that his father, John, had passed away. He was 70 years old.
Lord I trust you, even when it don't make sense. #RIPDAD
— Willie Taggart (@CoachTaggart) August 11, 2017
Taggart and his wife, Gloria, raised six children, including the current Oregon coach. The Tampa Bay Times has previously described the two parents as extremely hard-working individuals that did their best to support their family of six.
Condolences have since poured in for the Taggart family, including from Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh.
We lost a good man with passing of John Taggart, a hard working man who, along with Gloria, raised a beautiful family - Lots of family love!
— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) August 11, 2017
Harbaugh has known the Taggarts since his father, Jack, was Willie's head coach at Western Kentucky. Taggart also served as a running backs coach under Harbaugh at Stanford.
We send our thoughts and prayers to Taggart and his family and friends in this difficult time.
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