/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt.s3.amazonaws.com/public/V34LZNP5TBDGJBLUWOCMMRAGNM.jpg "Willie Taggart's lone season at Oregon was fine. As for his short tenure at FSU ... we all know how that shook out.")
Mike Norvell is the most recent American Athletic Conference coach to make the jump to a Power Five school (from Memphis to Florida State). Here’s how some others have fared:
Willie Taggart
AAC: Led USF to its best season ever and a top-20 finish in 2016
Power Five: Improved Oregon by three wins in his lone season before flaming out at FSU
Scott Frost
/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt.s3.amazonaws.com/public/R2N7UIMTPRHCXLJFMUT3MZQ6AY.jpg "Scott Frost's tenure at alma mater Nebraska hasn't exactly been the stuff of legend so far.")
AAC: UCF awarded itself a national title after going 13-0 in his second and final season there
Power Five: Somehow got an extension at Nebraska after improving the Cornhuskers from 4-8 last year to 5-7 this year
Matt Rhule
/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Q5KITPB6FVEAVJOWOLDYRORHYQ.jpg "Matt Rhule's first season was one to forget at Baylor, but he almost led the Bears to the Big 12 title in Year 2.")
AAC: Had back-to-back 10-win seasons at Temple and led the Owls to their first league title in four-plus decades
Power Five: Went from 1-11 in his first year at Baylor to 11-2 this season
Geoff Collins
/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XSE6J7V5GFDLDP2V5TDMWEGUTY.jpg "It's safe to say expectations were low this season for Georgia Tech and coach Geoff Collins.")
AAC: Followed Rhule at Temple and was 15-10 in two years
Power Five: Finished 3-9 in his first year of a long, long rebuilding job at Georgia Tech
Chad Morris
/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt.s3.amazonaws.com/public/W4AX7KGH3RDVBEKFXPEIKCGSUQ.jpg "Arkansas didn't have faith that Chad Morris would turn the Razorbacks around, and he was ousted before seeing a Year 3.")
AAC: Was 14-23 in three years at SMU but left the Mustangs better than he found them
Power Five: Went 4-18 at Arkansas and, like Taggart, didn’t make it through Year 2
Tom Herman
/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt.s3.amazonaws.com/public/L3E3AU3S45BA7PCKGJOWDNCIQI.jpg "Tom Herman and Texas took a step back this season after a banner year in 2018.")
AAC: Won 22 of his 26 games at Houston, including a Peach Bowl triumph over FSU
Power Five: Won 10 games and the Sugar Bowl last season at Texas, but could be in trouble after going 7-5 in Year 3
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