Per our own Brice Marich at The Michigan Insider, former Florida State head coach Willie Taggart attended Michigan's hockey game on Thursday night alongside Jack and Jim Harbaugh. A photo of Taggart at the game is embedded below.

The history between the Harbaugh family and Taggart is well documented. Jack and Jim Harbaugh helped recruit Willie Taggart to play quarterback at Western Kentucky. He would eventually be a part of the staff at Western Kentucky before joining Jim Harbaugh's staff at Stanford. Taggart would then go on to be the head coach at South Florida, Oregon and Florida State respectively. The Seminoles recently fired Taggart after less than two seasons at the helm. Taggart and the Harbaugh family are incredibly close, as illustrated in this 2017 ESPN article:

"It's more than friendship," Jim said of Taggart. "It's like we're brothers. It's a brother relationship. The line from Spinal Tap is always funny. It's 'Closer than brothers.' ... I don't think you can be closer than brothers. Brothers is as close as you can get, and that's the way I look at it."

As of now, Taggart's future plans publicly remain in the air. However, expect speculation that he will connect with Michigan in some capacity given the deep bonds and aforementioned relationship between the two parties.

Former Florida State head coach Willie Taggart and Jack Harbaugh at #Michigan’s hockey game tonight pic.twitter.com/ZReonhSOW3 — Brice Marich (@BriceMarich) November 14, 2019

Michigan entered the 2019 season with the pressure slightly amped up. Ohio State has lost head coach Urban Meyer and have a first year quarterback in Justin Fields. The Wolverines, meanwhile, return the bulk of their talent offensively under new coordinator Josh Gattis. Quarterback Shea Patterson is expected to lead one of the nation’s top units, flanked by an elite receiving corps and an offensive line that had four All-B1G contributors in 2019.

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Head coach Jim Harbaugh has not shied away from expectations for his team this season and is excited about the possibilities that 2019 may bring he, his team and his program.

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“We really just have that focus. Things that we have been working on, things that we have been training on, that moment-to-moment, day-to-day (approach) with the choices we make,” he said at Big Ten Media Days this summer. “If you put yourself into their situation, 18 to 22 years old, there are going to be a lot of choices even before the season starts. What to eat, what time to go to sleep, so many different things.”

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