Calls for the firing of Florida State football team head coach Mike Norvell have increased amid early-season struggles. However, his substantial $48 million buyout, tied to an eight-year extension signed in 2024, complicates any potential coaching change.
Alabama now leads the all-time series against Florida State 4-2-1 after a 50-36 win on September 19. The Noles had taken the last meeting 31-17 in Tallahassee in 2025.
The Florida State Seminoles lost their second straight game on Saturday, falling to No. 10 Alabama 50-36 in Tuscaloosa. A series of wacky weather delays impacted the game.
Mike Norvell is watching the ground shrink under his feet in Tallahassee. Florida State’s painful 50-36 loss to No. 10 Alabama in Tuscaloosa has pushed his seat to a boiling point, dropping the Seminoles to a grim 1-2 start.
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Mike Norvell certainly seemed to be leaning forward with his controller during Saturday’s game. Florida State played on Saturday against No. 10-ranked Alabama.
College football has historically been known as a sport that caters to the elite. It is very difficult to win a national championship if you aren't Notre Dame, Alabama, Ohio State, or a host of other schools that have great programs that invest heavily in keeping them at the top.
The Florida State Seminoles fanbase is quickly losing patience with head coach Mike Norvell. Sitting at a rough 1-1 start to the 2026 season and holding a 39-35 overall record, the Seminoles look far from a College Football Playoff team.
Questions surrounding Florida State head coach Mike Norvell’s future continue to grow, but the financial terms of his contract could make a coaching change extremely costly for the Seminoles.
Mike Norvell’s seat at Florida State is getting harder to ignore. The Seminoles have struggled badly over the past few seasons. The firing talks gained traction after the program fired its AD, Michael Alford.
Norvell's dismissal could come as soon as after Saturday's game against the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Could Jimbo Fisher return to Florida State? Many questions have surrounded the Florida State fanbase about the program's future, head coach Mike Norvell's tenure at the helm, and his potential successor if the university decides to move on.
Coaching changes happen every year, but they don't all happen the same way. We have had some wild offseason coaching moves in recent seasons, and 2025-2026 wasn't any different.
The hate Mike Norvell is receiving from FSU fans seems unprecedented in the school’s history. The head coach’s troubled tenure is pushing fans to their limits, and most of them want him gone.
Kalen DeBoer and the Alabama Crimson Tide know that they have to take the Florida State Seminoles seriously.
Thursday Night kicks off Week 3 of the college football season in a clash between two ACC foes in Syracuse and Pittsburgh. Through the first two weeks of the season, Miami has continued to look like the runaway favorite to win the conference, but a few teams are starting to show that they have the potential to pull off the upset.
No head coach is on a hotter seat than Mike Norvell. Outside of Florida State’s 13-1 season in 2023, his tenure has looked painfully ordinary for a coach being paid like one of the sport’s elite.
Mike Norvell seemed surprised by a question about a box truck outside of his house on Wednesday.
Florida State head coach Mike Norvell is right back on the hot seat, and questions have swirled about his future. On Tuesday, a video was posted showing a moving truck outside of Norvell’s house, which fueled speculation that the program was moving on, coming a day after AD Michael Alford was fired.
The Florida State Seminoles might be involved in a little bit of chaos, but head coach Mike Norvell and his staff still have a job to do until told otherwise.
Florida State has already made one major leadership change midseason, and it has left more questions than answers regarding its football program. The dismissal of athletic director Michael Alford on Monday adds another layer of uncertainty to Mike Norvell’s future.
Monday was not a great day for Mike Norvell’s hopes of continued employment with the Florida State Seminoles. Florida State announced Monday that athletic director Michael Alford has been fired.
Norvell was already feeling the pressure even before the latest move by Florida State.
Florida State has fired athletic director Michael Alford, school president Richard McCullough confirmed to ESPN on Monday. Alford had held the position since January 2022, taking over following the retirement of David Coburn.
Florida State’s 27-24 loss to SMU has brought another round of scrutiny to Mike Norvell’s future. The Seminoles are two games into the season, but questions about whether he can turn the program back around have now carried over from the offseason.
Florida State dropped to 1-1 on the season with a 27-24 loss to SMU on Monday. After another ACC loss, calls to fire Mike Norvell as head coach have resurfaced.
Everyone wants to talk about the buyout, and that makes sense.
Florida State's collapse following its excellent 2023 regular season has been stunning.
Coach Mike Norvell found himself firmly on the hot seat entering the 2026 college football season after a 5-7 2025 campaign, a narrative he attempted to shut down with preseason comments.
The Florida State Seminoles open the season in Week 0 on August 29 against New Mexico State at Bobby Bowden Field in Tallahassee, Fla. However, the Seminoles and head coach Mike Norvell aren’t tipping their hands one bit.
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