Florida State fired Mike Norvell on Sunday, Nov. 1 after a 36-24 home loss to Clemson dropped the Seminoles to 3-5. It wasn’t entirely a surprise, given the program has fallen apart completely since its undefeated season in 2023. That year, the Seminoles went 13-0 in the regular season and won the ACC but were left out of the College Football Playoff and got blown out by Georgia in the Orange Bowl. But the program has since gone just 10-22 under Norvell, who’s now owed a monster buyout of around $50.3 million.
FSU president Richard McCullough emphasized that the continued losses became too hard to ignore. Athletic director Michael Alford was fired in September. After Norvell’s firing, director of scouting Rick Stockstill took over as the interim coach while the search begins.
On Saturday, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that sources expect Florida State to hire “a sitting head coach” and somebody who “understands today’s college athletics environment.”…