Florida State fires Mike Norvell amid 3-5 football season - ESPN

Florida State fired Mike Norvell on Sunday, school president Richard McCullough told ESPN, ending his tenure as head coach after the program slid from an ACC championship to the bottom of the conference.

Director of scouting Rick Stockstill, who was head coach at Middle Tennessee for 18 seasons, will serve as interim coach.

Norvell went 41-39 in his seven seasons with the Seminoles. The high point came in 2023, when Florida State won the ACC with a 13-0 record. But with star quarterback Jordan Travis injured, the College Football Playoff selection committee left the Seminoles out of the four-team playoff that season, a blow from which the program has been unable to recover.

Florida State is 10-23 since — including 3-5 this season.

Pressure had been building on Norvell since 2024, when Florida State followed up its championship year in the ACC with a 2-10 mark. The Florida State administration, hoping to avoid paying his $50 plus million buyout, gave him one more shot after going 5-7 last year — providing more resources for the roster and revamping the personnel department in an effort to help.

Even after firing athletic director Michael Alford in September, the administration had hoped it would be able to keep Norvell with a good season. But the situation grew untenable as fan frustration boiled over.

Last week, before Florida State played Clemson on Saturday, McCullough sent a letter to the Seminoles community saying he understood its frustration.

«We are not asking you to ignore the results,» he wrote. «We are committed to changing them. And we are not asking you to believe that everything is fine. We know it isn't.»

Before kickoff against the Tigers, a banner flew over Doak Campbell Stadium that urged the