After Keon Coleman went for three touchdowns against LSU on Labor Day weekend, Mike Norvell thanked the transfer for saying “yes” to his program.
Flashback four years earlier, and wanting to participate in this program was not so easy.
On November 3rd, 2019, Florida State showed Willie Taggart the door after being the headman for just 21 games. A recruiting class that ranked in the top 20 the year before was getting its first taste of Florida State football as a once proud program was in disarray.
A month later, a young hot shot coach under 40 who had never held a power five head coaching job named Mike Norvell was tabbed as the person to lead the Seminoles from the darkness.