Ex-Longhorns coach Herman takes control of at FAU

Former Texas coach Tom Herman was named Florida Atlantic’s new head football coach Thursday, the school announced.Herman replaces Willie

Taggart, who was fired last month after going 5-7 this season. Taggart went 15-18 in his 3 seasons in Boca Raton, reaching the Montgomery Bowl in 2020, his first season, prior to consecutive 5-7 campaigns.”There are already fantastic young men on this group, terrific centers, a terrific place, a terrific recruiting base and terrific leadership, all of which are very important to developing a successful program,” Herman stated as part of a news release from the school.

1 Associated Herman offers the Owls a coach with a performance history of prominent offensive success. Across six seasons at Houston (2015-16) and Texas (2017-20), he has actually accumulated a profession record of 54-22 and has 5 bowl victories– 4 coming at Texas.His best season

in Austin was available in 2018 as the Longhorns went 10-4, finished second in the Huge 12 and beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Prior to taking the head-coaching task at Houston before the 2015 season, Herman was Urban Meyer’s offending organizer at Ohio State, helping lead the program to the inaugural College Football Playoff national championship in 2014.

The Buckeyes that year were ninth in overall offense (511.6 YPG) and balanced 44.8 points in 2014 as Herman won the Broyles Award, which is yearly provided to the top assistant coach in the country.

“Throughout the process and the more we talked with Coach Herman, the more it became apparent to me that he was the best individual to lead our football program,” FAU athletic director Brian White stated. “Beyond his understanding of the game, which is obvious by his success over the years, he also really cares about the youths in his program. He has actually coached winning programs everywhere he has actually been and our company believe he can be enormously successful at FAU also.”