Florida State coach Mike Norvell will return for a seventh season with the Seminoles, sources informed ESPN on Sunday.
Questions had been mounting about his job safety and reached a boiling level after a 21-11 loss to NC State on Friday evening that dropped the Seminoles to 5-6. They want a win at Florida this weekend to attain bowl eligibility.
“FSU Board of Trustees Chairman Peter Collins, Vice President and Director of Athletics Michael Alford, and I are in full settlement that modifications are wanted for our program to enhance,” FSU president Dr. Richard McCullough stated in a press release. “Coach Norvell embraces our help in that course of and agrees that success have to be achieved. He continues to exhibit an unwavering perception on this program’s future, and so will we.
“This choice displays a unified dedication to competing within the quickly evolving panorama of faculty soccer, whereas sustaining continuity inside the program.”
During the last two years, Florida State is 7-16 — 3-13 in ACC play — and winless on the highway. However Norvell did win an ACC title in 2023 and has maintained his optimism for the longer term.
“This program has been constructed on perception, sacrifice, and placing the group first,” Norvell stated in a press release. “That set of values has all the time guided my actions, and people of our gamers. The driving motivation behind that is to make sure that we’re doing all the pieces correctly to acquire and retain elite gamers, add vital items, and maintain long-term success. I really like Florida State, and I’m absolutely dedicated to this program, and our shared targets.
Had Florida State moved on from Norvell, the varsity would have owed him about $54 million in buyout cash. All informed, together with employees salaries, Florida State would have owed about $72 million to Norvell and his employees.
“Along with addressing the truth that on-field outcomes have been removed from acceptable to the FSU customary, we additionally understand our obligations as stewards of program revenues and how you can finest allocate these {dollars} to compete at an elite degree – one thing we won’t compromise,” Collins stated. “All through the evaluation, one objective will stay past all others – attaining sustained championship-level success. We are going to tackle efficiency deficiencies in this system.”