Florida State coach Mike Norvell will return for a seventh season with the Seminoles, sources told ESPN on Sunday.
Questions had been mounting about his job security and reached a boiling point after a 21-11 loss to NC State on Friday night that dropped the Seminoles to 5-6. They need a win at Florida this weekend to achieve bowl eligibility.
Over the last two years, Florida State is 7-16 -- 3-13 in ACC play -- and winless on the road. Norvell, however, did win an ACC title in 2023 and has maintained his optimism for the future.
"I've got elite level confidence for what's ahead of us," Norvell said earlier this month. "... I've actually won a championship, and we're going to do it again. We're going to do it here."
Had Florida State moved on from Norvell, the school would have owed him about $54 million in buyout money. All told, including staff salaries, Florida State would have owed about $72 million to Norvell and his staff.
