List of Florida State Seminoles head football coaches

The Florida State Seminoles college football team represents the Florida State University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Seminoles compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 13 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1902 season. Since December 2019, Mike Norvell has served as head coach at Florida State.^[1]

Seven coaches have led Seminoles in postseason bowl games: Tom Nugent, Bill Peterson, Larry Jones, Bobby Bowden, Jimbo Fisher, Odell Haggins, and Norvell. Four of those coaches also won conference championships: Don Veller captured three as a member of the Dixie Conference; Bowden captured twelve, Fisher three, and Norvell one as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Bowden is the leader in overall wins and seasons coached with 304 wins during his 34 years as head coach. Fisher has the highest winning percentage at 0.783. Ed Williamson has the lowest winning percentage at 0.000. Of the 13 different head coaches who have led the Seminoles, Bowden and Darrell Mudra have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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General		Overall		Conference		Postseason^{[A 1]}
No.	Order of coaches^{[A 2]}	GC	Games coached	CW	Conference wins	PW	Postseason wins
DC	Division championships	OW	Overall wins	CL	Conference losses	PL	Postseason losses
CC	Conference championships	OL	Overall losses	CT	Conference ties	PT	Postseason ties
NC	National championships	OT	Overall ties^{[A 3]}	C%	Conference winning percentage
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage^{[A 4]}

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Venues	Centennial Field (1947–1949) Doak Campbell Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida Cup Clemson Florida Miami Virginia: Jefferson–Eppes Trophy
Culture & lore	Osceola and Renegade The War Chant Marching Chiefs FSU Hymns Sod Cemetery Wide Right I Wide Right II 1993 'Game of the Century' Choke at Doak 2015 Georgia Tech game Bob Crenshaw Award Tomahawk chop
People	Alumni Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders Annual awards
Seasons	1902 1903 1904 1905–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

List of Florida State Seminoles head football coaches

Coaches

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No.	Name	Season(s)^{[A 6]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	NC	Awards
1	W. W. Hughes	1902–1903	9	5	3	1	0.611	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Jack Forsythe	1904	5	2	3	0	0.400	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Ed Williamson	1947	5	0	5	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Don Veller	1948–1952	44	31	12	1	0.716	12	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	3	—	—
5	Tom Nugent	1953–1958	63	34	28	1	0.548	—	—	—	—	0	2	0	—	—	—
6	Perry Moss	1959	10	4	6	0	0.400	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—
7	Bill Peterson	1960–1970	115	62	42	11	0.587	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—
8	Larry Jones	1971–1973	34	15	19	0	0.441	—	—	—	—	0	1	0	—	—	—
9	Darrell Mudra^†	1974–1975	22	4	18	0	0.182	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—
10	Bobby Bowden^†	1976–2009	405	304	97	4	0.756	105	27	0	0.795	21	9	1	12	2 1993 1999	Bobby Dodd COY (1980) Walter Camp COY (1991) ACC COY (1993, 1997)
11	Jimbo Fisher	2010–2017	106	83	23	—	0.783	48	16	—	0.750	5	2	—	3	1 2013	—
Int.	Odell Haggins	2017 2019	6	4	2	—	0.667	1	0	—	1.000	1	1	—	0	—	—
12	Willie Taggart	2018–2019	21	9	12	—	0.429	6	9	—	0.400	0	0	—	0	—	—
13	Mike Norvell	2020–present	72	38	34	—	0.528	22	26	—	0.458	1	1	—	1	—	Bobby Dodd COY (2023) Paul "Bear" Bryant COY (2023 ACC COY (2023)