Mike Norvell was the first coach Florida State interviewed for its football vacancy and though the search took school administrators around the country, they kept coming back to the man running Memphis' program.
"We really liked him," Florida State athletics director David Coburn said Sunday during a news conference to introduce Norvell. "The whole way. This guy wanted to be here. Of all the ones we talked to it was crystal clear with Mike that he wanted this job. And he had other opportunities."
Norvell said he has idolized the Seminoles program since he was a youngster.