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TALLAHASSEE ( www.jaxsportsnews.com )— Florida State University President Richard McCullough informed head football coach Mike Norvell Sunday afternoon that FSU is making a change in the leadership of its football program, effective immediately. FSU Athletics Hall of Fame member Rick Stockstill has been named interim head coach. FSU coordinator Tony White and safeties coach Evan Cooper have been relieved of their duties. Linebackers coach Ernie Sims has been elevated to interim defensive coordinator, and assistant defensive backs coach Greg Moss will coach safeties. Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Tim Harris Jr. will handle primary play-calling responsibilities for the offense. Florida State will immediately begin a national search for its next head coach. “We have made the decision to change the leadership of our football program,” McCullough said. “We thank Mike Norvell for his commitment and service to Florida State and wish him and his family the very best. We under...

TALLAHASSEE ( www.jaxsportsnews.com ) – Florida State men’s basketball opens its 80th season Monday night against crosstown foe Florida A&M in the Orion180 Tip-Off Classic at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa. The game will be televised on ESPNU, with Tom Hart and Jimmy Dykes on the call, and broadcast on the Seminole Sports Network with Jeff Culhane and Adrian Crawford. The Seminoles enter the season after winning both preseason exhibitions against SEC opponents, defeating Auburn, 82-71, in Birmingham, Alabama, and LSU, 89-87, at the Donald L. Tucker Center.  Florida State scored more than 50 second-half points in both games while outscoring its opponents 68-52 in the paint and collecting 34 second-chance points. The Noles also shot 84.2 percent from the free-throw line, making 48 of 57 attempts. Sophomore forward Shon Abaev led the Seminoles with 20.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game. A transfer from Cincinnati and former McDonald’s All-American, Abaev sco...

TALLAHASSEE – Florida State University Athletics announced the 2026 FSU Athletics Hall of Fame inductees and the date of the induction banquet on Monday. The ceremony will take place on campus Friday, September 25, in the University Center Club. Florida State’s 2026 class features football stars Nick O’Leary and Bjoern Werner, baseball All-American Sean Gilmartin, former Director of Athletics Dave Hart, soccer ACC Defensive Player of the Year Kassey Kallman, three-time NCAA track national champion Maurice Mitchell, FSU’s first-ever beach volleyball hall of fame selection Jace Pardon and two-time Olympian and two-time All-American diver Katrina Young. In addition to the formal induction ceremony Friday night, the inductees will be recognized at the football game against Central Arkansas on Saturday. A limited number of tickets for the induction ceremony will be available for purchase at a later date through Seminole Boosters, Inc. Sean Gilmartin, Baseball (2009-11) One of the finest pi...

 TALLAHASSEE - Florida State assistant coach Megan Carney has been named to the New York Charging roster for the opening season of the Women’s Lacrosse League, it was announced Thursday. “I am beyond thrilled to be part of the inaugural season of the Women’s Lacrosse League,” said Carney. “This is an incredible opportunity to elevate the game, inspire the next generation, and compete alongside some of the best players in the world.” The Women’s Lacrosse League is the premier and sole women’s professional lacrosse league in the country. The New York Charging are one of the original four teams alongside the Boston Guard, Maryland Charm, and California Palms. The league will play a lacrosse sixes format, a hybrid of field and box lacrosse with a faster pace of play and shorter game time. Carney was recently hired as Florida State’s assistant coach, joining head coach Sara Tisdale and associate head coach Mackenzie Plaskey ahead of the inaugural season in 2026. Carney was a lethal att...

T A LLAHASSEE ( www.sportsdayjax.com ) -    Florida State softball standout Kaley Mudge has been nominated for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year the NCAA announced this past week. Mudge was one of the NCAA-record 619 nominees for the award.  The NCAA Woman of the Year program honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three divisions.  Mudge has proven to be phenomenal on and off the softball diamond.  In 2023, Mudge helped the Seminoles to another ACC Championship and their second NCAA WCWS National Runner-Up finish in the last three seasons. Mudge earned Second Team All-ACC honors and was named to the WCWS All-Tournament Team for the second time in her career. Mudge started 67 games for the Seminoles and was second on the team with a .346 batting average while driving in 43 runs.  In the midst of the 2023 season, Mudge was chosen to speak in front of the...

TALLAHASSEE (Florida Sports Wire) - - Florida State will retire the jersey of Buster Posey in a ceremony prior to the start of the Seminoles’ game against Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 11 with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.   Posey, who was a two-time first team All-America catcher for the Seminoles in 2007 and 2008, won virtually every award in baseball including the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy, Brooks Wallace, Johnny Bench and Player of the Year honors by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and Rivals.com in his junior season.   Posey also earned All-America honors as a freshman in 2006 at shortstop for the Seminoles before moving behind the plate.  Posey’s records from his consensus All-America junior season included leading the nation in six offensive categories including batting average (.463), hits (119), RBI (93), total bases (226), on-base percentage (.566) and slugging percentage (.879).  His batting average was the highest recorded...

TALLAHASSEE (Florida Sports Wire)  –  Florida State Women’s Basketball freshman guard Ta’Niya Latson has tied the conference record by winning her ninth ACC Rookie of the Week award, announced on Monday. Latson’s latest honor ties her for the most in conference history with Wake Forest’s Tracy Connor (1992-93) and Duke’s Elizabeth Williams (2011-12). The Miami, Fla., native tied a season high with 13 made field goals against 11th-ranked NC State as FSU up-ended the Wolfpack, 91-72, to break a five-game losing streak against them. It was Latson’s sixth 30-point game of the season, breaking a record held by Natasha Howard in 2013-14 and Sue Galkantas in 1981-82. In FSU’s two games last week vs. No. 11 NC State and Louisville, Latson averaged 21.0 points and shot 50 percent (16-of-32) from the floor. She has scored in double figures in all 20 games played this season. The Seminoles return to the road with a key conference battle at Virginia on Thursday at 7 p.m. FSU plays at the ...

TALLAHASSEE (Florida Sports Wire) – Three Florida State representatives were honored by the Hula Bowl on Thursday evening, as legendary head coach Bobby Bowden and nose guard Ron Simmons were inducted into the Hula Bowl Hall of Fame and offensive lineman Dillan Gibbons was recognized with the organization’s Joe Roth Award. The Hula Bowl Hall of Fame was founded in 2019 to recognize the greatest collegiate players and coaches to have participated in a Hula Bowl All-Star Game.  The Joe Roth Award was established in 2020 to honor Roth’s legacy and his passion for faith, humility and courage. Roth was diagnosed with melanoma prior to his senior year and played the entire 1976 season, including the Hula Bowl, while privately battling the disease. He passed away in February of 1977 just weeks after playing in the Hula Bowl. His No. 12 is the only retired number by the Cal football program. Bowden, who in 2006 became the first active head coach inducted into the College Football Hall of ...

TALLAHASSEE (Florida Sports Wire) – Florida State scored 17 unanswered points early in the third quarter to build a 38-24 lead and then held on to beat rival Florida 45-38 Friday night in Doak Campbell Stadium. Trey Benson’s 17-yard touchdown run with 4:06 left in the game broke a 38-38 tie and Florida’s last-minute drive to send the game into overtime died when Anthony Richardson’s pass on fourth and long fell harmlessly into the end zone. While Seminoles quarterback Travis Jordan’s passing numbers were modest, he was nearly unstoppable running the ball. Jordan finished 13 of 30 through the air for 270 yards and a touchdown and gained 83 yards on 15 carries with a pair of touchdowns. FSU’s defense gave up some big plays through the air, but limited UF’s Richardson to just nine completions on 27 attempts for 198 yards but three of those were for touchdowns. Travis Etienne led UF’s running game with 129 yards on 17 carries. Florida State finishes the regular season with a 9-3 record an...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 8/10-ranked Florida State football team continued preparation for the season-opener against Texas State on Tuesday with a two-hour practice in full pads at the Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility. The Seminoles transitioned in and out of the indoor facility because of weather, but still got plenty of solid work in to get ready for the Bobcats, who went 7-5 last season and are picked to finish fifth in the Sun Belt Conference. “We did a lot of work today,” Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher said. “We got in, had to go back inside for the weather and then got back out. It was good to get that transition and get back outside…Good solid work week and we’re getting ready to play on Saturday and I like where we’re at.” Texas State returns eight starters from an offense that averaged 464.4 yards per game in 2014, including preseason second-team All-Sun Belt quarterback Tyler Jones (2,670 passing yards and 22 touchdowns last season).  The B...