Before an 85,000 seat Doak Campbell Stadium.
Before national championships and Heisman Trophy winners.
At a time when Florida State was barely known outside the South, a change agent arrived on campus. It was 1960 and FSU football was about to get a lot more intense for the players, and a lot more fun for fans.
Bill Peterson had been an assistant at LSU under coaching icon Paul Dietzel. He was a coach on the way up, much like the Seminoles’ fledgling football program. Peterson and FSU were a great fit for each other—right time, right place.