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Report: South Florida's Taggart emerges as candidate for Oregon job

Logan Bowles-USA TODAY Sports

South Florida head coach Willie Taggart could be heading to the Pacific Northwest.

Taggart is emerging as a strong candidate for the vacant Oregon head coaching position, a source told Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports. The Ducks fired Mark Helfrich on Tuesday evening after a 4-8 campaign.

The Bulls head coach guided the team to a 10-2 record this season with impressive wins over Syracuse, Navy, and Memphis, while guiding South Florida to a bowl game for the second straight year.

Florida head coach Jim McElwain was also linked to the Oregon job, but he squashed those rumors Wednesday.

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