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Mike Norvell’s FSU salary, buyout info: What would it cost for Seminoles to fire their head coach?
What would it cost Florida State to fire head coach Mike Norvell?
A number that sits as one of the largest in college football, his buyout if fired is 85% of whatever compensation is remaining on his contract, which as of Oct. 15, is approximately $50.7 million. If fired after the season (Dec. 1), he would be owed $49,618,575.
Florida State would be required to pay the buyout in equal monthly installments throughout the remainder of the deal or in one lump sum.
Norvell signed a major extension following Florida State’s 13-0 regular season, ACC championship and reported pursuit from Alabama. The deal tacked an additional two years onto his contract, running it through 2031, with a significant raise ($84.2 million total salary). His 2026 salary is $10.3 million, a figure that rises by $150,000 each year of the deal.
A decision regarding Mike Norvell needs to be made, but the Week 7 result shouldn't make a difference
Florida State is about to walk into the toughest and most important game of the season against the No. 3 Miami Hurricanes in Week 7. The two teams are in completely different positions this season, but the opportunity to take down a conference rival is never taken lightly.
The Seminoles will enter the game as massive underdogs against a Miami team that has looked virtually unstoppable on offense this season. While the game itself is massive for Florida State, what might be even bigger are the questions surrounding the future of coach Mike Norvell. Week 7 had long been hyped up as the week where a decision regarding the future of the coach would be made, but the issue is that such a decision should have already been made before the game.
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FSU athletics’ debt, leadership questions impacting future decisions
Florida Stateâs athletics department has âsignificant financial issues,â as it is more than $430M in debt, making it âespecially difficultâ to pay out up to $68M should it decide to part with football coach Mike Norvell and his staff, according to Pete Thamel of ESPN.com. Most of the $430M is facility debt and there are ârevenue bonds in place to account for it,â but it still makes it âdifficult for FSU to take on more debt.â Around the ACC and college football, there is an âexpectation that the same leadership void and lack of alignment that dug FSU into a hole on and off the field could end up affecting the schoolâs critical upcoming moves.â When FSU fired AD Mike Alford on Sept. 14, the industry âexpectation was for a quick AD search and then a decision on Norvell by the end of the year.â But as of now, FSU âhasnât been seriously engaged with any major search firms and thereâs an expectation that board chairman Peter Collins, whose tenure has coincided with FSU falling into a crater, will try to handle all the high-leverage decisions with university president Richard McCullough.â Thamel: âInstitutional arrogance, an ugly financial sheet and a history of underwhelming athletic leadership handcuffed by alignment issues — the forgettable David Coburn, Stan Wilcox and Randy Spetman preceded Alford — have raised red flags around the industry about the Florida State athletic director jobâ (ESPN.com, 10/8).
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