Warchant, the On3/Rivals FSU site, reports that Mike Norvell could be dismissed in the next 24 hours. This report comes from a message board post by Warchant site owner Gene Williams, who has operated the Warchant site for around 30 years and is a graduate of the university.
Florida State is 3-4 this season and has lost four straight games, including last night's listless 20-13 loss to Stanford. The Seminoles have lost 10 straight ACC games and Norvell's record in conference games is 20-24.
In the 19 games before the Snub/Orange Bowl debacle:
— Corey Clark (@Corey_Clark) October 19, 2025
Mike Norvell was 19-0.
In the 19 games since the Orange Bowl debacle:
Mike Norvell is 5-14. And three of those wins have been against Charleston Southern, East Texas A&M and Kent State.
Just an unbelievable collapse.
Norvell's seat was hot coming into this season after FSU finished with a 2-10 record in 2024 — the worst record for the program in nearly 50 years. Three of Norvell's five seasons at FSU have had records. By comparison, Bobby Bowden had one losing record over 34 seasons at FSU. Jimbo Fisher left FSU in 2017 while the Seminoles were 5-6, although they would win their final two games to finish 7-6.
Fast start leads to hard landing
FSU opened the season with new coordinators, new promises and a win against Alabama that made fans think that maybe the 2024 season was just a blip on the radar. And after wins against lowly East Texas A&M and Kent State, the Seminoles were 3-0 and number eight in the country.
Then the ACC schedule began and old demons returned.
FSU lost a double-overtime game to Virginia on Friday night and followed that with 28-22 loss to Miami in a game that the Hurricanes led 28-3 and really put a focus on Norvell's failure to build a competitive roster. A home loss to Pitt followed and now the road loss to Stanford on the farm has seemingly put an end to the Norvell era at Florida State.
FSU fans: please win a conference game.
— College Football Zone (@CollegeFBonX) October 19, 2025
Mike Norvell: pic.twitter.com/QN99rrqwPh
The irony comes as FSU is planning to open a brand-new football office this week, one that Norvell has had a major hand in building. While he might not make it to the new office, his reported $54+ million buyout will give him plenty of capital to buy another building if he wants. It would be the second-largest buyout in college football history, ahead of James Franklin's reported $49 million buyout from Penn State and behind Jimbo Fisher's reported $75M+ from Texas A&M.