Five seasons into his coaching tenure at Florida State, Mike Norvell would’ve still been ascending had the 2024 campaign gone as expected. Fresh off an elite finish and ACC Championship, the Seminoles’ fifth consecutive top-10 transfer class failed to pan out, the offense flatlined and sweeping coaching staff changes were made after the worst finish in program history.
At this point, the why doesn’t matter. The most important element for Norvell is ensuring nothing close to last season’s 10-loss nightmare ever happens again.
“I’m proud of this place, I’m proud of our program and the work that we’re putting in and I’m excited about where it’s going,” Norvell said during a recent call to arms post-spring, via News4JAX. “It’s one of those things, you never get too high when you’re living high and obviously, when you get knocked down, it’s about how quick you can get up and continue to push moving forward. We are moving forward and I have great expectations for what’s in front of us. We’re going to work every day to go make that our reality.”
Climbing out of the doldrums of despair is somewhat-new territory for Norvell, whose only other losing seasons as a head coach came his first two years with the Seminoles (2020-21).
The program hasn’t yet recovered from becoming the first Power Four unbeaten to be left out of the College Football Playoff in 2023 before failing to show against Georgia a few weeks later in the consolation Orange Bowl.
The record-setting, 60-point loss lingered, leaving venom that hit the bloodstream last season when Norvell’s team opened with losses to Georgia Tech and Boston College as double-digit favorites.
“Anytime you have a season like last year, it’s extremely disappointing. I’m disappointed in it, but you don’t…
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Author : Brad Crawford
Publish date : 2025-05-20 15:38:00
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