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{{Infobox college athletics
| name                    = Florida State Seminoles
| logo                    = Florida State Seminoles logo.svg
| logo_width              = 200
| university              = [[Florida State University]]
| association             = NCAA
| conference              = [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] (primary)<br />[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] (beach volleyball)
| division                = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| subdivision             = FBS
| director                = [[Michael Alford (athletic director)|Michael Alford]]
| location                = [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
| first season            = 1901
| teams                   = 19
| mens_teams              = 8
| womens_teams            = 11
| coed_teams              =
| stadium                 = [[Doak Campbell Stadium|Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium]]
| basketballarena         = [[Donald L. Tucker Civic Center|Donald L. Tucker Center]]
| baseballfield           = [[Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium]]
| softballstadium         = [[JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex|Seminole Softball Complex]]
| soccerstadium           = [[Seminole Soccer Complex]]
| natatorium              = Morcom Aquatics Center
| tenniscourt             = Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center
| arena2                  = [[Apalachee Regional Park]]<br />[[Don Veller Seminole Golf|Don Veller Seminole Golf Course]]<br />[[Mike Long Track]]<br />[[Tully Gymnasium]]
| mascot                  = [[Osceola and Renegade]], Cimarron
| nickname                = Noles
| fightsong               = [[FSU Hymns#"FSU Fight Song"|Florida State University Fight Song]]
| pageurl                 = https://seminoles.com/
| ncaa titles             = 11
| indiv_relay ncaa champs = 40<ref>{{cite web | title=FSU track and field coach Bob Braman announces retirement | website=TheOsceola | date=2024-05-29 | url=https://floridastate.rivals.com/news/fsu-track-and-field-coach-bob-braman-announces-retirement | access-date=2025-05-29}}</ref>
| altlogo                 = [[File:Florida State Athletics wordmark.svg|200px]]
}}
[[File:ACC logo in Florida State colors.svg|thumb|upright=1|[[Atlantic Coast Conference]] logo in Florida State's colors]]

The '''Florida State Seminoles''' are the athletic teams representing [[Florida State University]] (FSU) located in [[Tallahassee, Florida]]. They compete as a member of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]], primarily competing in the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC) for all sports since the 1991–92 season; within the [[ACC Atlantic Division|Atlantic Division]] in any sports split into a divisional format since the 2005–06 season.

The Seminoles' athletic department currently fields 18 varsity teams, including programs for both men and women. They have collectively won 20 team [[national championship]]s and over 100 team conference championships, as well as numerous individual national and conference titles.

The athletic department is led by athletic director [[Michael Alford (athletic director)|Michael Alford]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Alford joins Florida State University as new director of athletics|url=https://www.fsunews.com/story/news/2022/01/02/michael-alford-joins-florida-state-university-as-new-director-of-athletics/9067401002/|publisher=Florida State University|date=January 2, 2022|access-date=}}</ref> who reports to FSU President [[Richard D. McCullough]] and the [[Florida State University Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]].

==Overview==
Florida State Athletics were founded in 1902 when the then-Florida State College football teams played three seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fsu.edu/~fsu150/history/history_06_1980c.html |title=FSU 150th Anniversary – History {{!}} Coming of Age {{!}} Athletics |access-date=July 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917054532/http://www.fsu.edu/~fsu150/history/history_06_1980c.html |archive-date=September 17, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Buckman Act|1905 Buckman Act]] reorganized the existing seven Florida colleges into three institutions, segregated by [[Racial segregation|race]] and [[gender segregation|gender]]. As a result of this reorganization, the coeducational Florida State College was renamed the Florida State College for Women.<ref name="Fountain and Westcott Building at Florida State College for Women">http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc05025.jpg ''State Library and Archives of Florida – Florida Photographic Collection, Westcott Building at the Florida State College for Women, published 193-. Archives metadata: Fountain and Westcott Building at Florida State College for Women.'' Retrieved on April 29, 2007.</ref> The Florida State University again became a co-ed institution in 1947 with most of the newly enrolled male students back from service in World War II. Athletic programs resumed and Florida State fielded its first football team in 43 years with FSU facing Stetson on October 18, 1947.

Florida State was a founding member of the [[Dixie Conference#Dixie Conference (1948)|Dixie Conference]], in 1948, when other southern institutions sought to create a "purely amateur" athletic conference based on the principle of complete amateurism, with no athletic scholarships. Three years later, Florida State left the conference to become an independent, having won ten conference titles including three in football and two in men's track and field.

In 1976, Florida State joined the [[Metro Conference]] for all sports except football, which remained independent. For fifteen years FSU competed and won sixty-eight conference titles as well as five national titles including two in softball, two in women's track and field, and one in women's golf.

Since 1991, Florida State has been a member of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]. Since joining the conference, FSU has won ninety-six ACC titles and nine national titles including three in football, three in men's track and field, two in soccer, and one in softball. After the 2005 conference expansion was finished, FSU was placed in the newly formed Atlantic Division. The ACC discontinued divisions in 2023.

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Florida State's school colors of garnet and gold are a merging of the university's past. In 1904 and 1905, the Florida State College won football championships wearing purple and gold uniforms. When FSC became Florida State College for Women in 1905, the FSCW student body selected crimson as the official school color. The administration in 1905 took crimson and combined it with the recognizable purple of the championship football teams to achieve the color garnet. The garnet and gold colors were first used on an FSU uniform in a 14–6 loss to Stetson on October 18, 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://seminoles.cstv.com/trads/fsu-trads-colors.html |title=Florida State University Official Athletic Site |access-date=July 15, 2008 |archive-date=December 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224080638/http://seminoles.cstv.com/trads/fsu-trads-colors.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On April 11, 2014, as part of the university's rebranding of the program, white and black were added to the official school colors. The addition of the two colors is to better represent the colors present on the flag of the [[Seminole Tribe of Florida]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Ignition...Tradition Launched|url=http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209553938|publisher=Florida State University|date=April 11, 2014|access-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref> Florida State also uses turquoise on special occasions in various sports to honor the Seminole Tribe as the color represents "harmony, friendship, and fellowship" within Native American culture.<ref>{{cite press release |title=FSU Announces Seminole Heeitage Initiative|url=https://seminoles.com/news/2023/9/4/athletics-fsu-announces-seminole-heritage-initiative|publisher=Florida State University|date=September 3, 2023|access-date=September 4, 2023}}</ref>

=== Mascot ===
[[File:Chief Osceola on Renegade FSU.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Osceola and Renegade]] serve as the symbols of Florida State Athletics.]]

==== History ====
The name "Seminoles" was chosen by students in 1947 on a vote, it [[List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples|alludes to]] Florida's [[Seminole]] people who in the early nineteenth century resisted efforts of the [[United States of America|United States government]] to remove them from Florida.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unirel.fsu.edu/seminoles/pages/timeline.html |title= Florida State Seminoles: A Tradition of Tribute :: Timeline|website=unirel.fsu.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113171625/http://unirel.fsu.edu/seminoles/pages/timeline.html |archive-date=January 13, 2008}}</ref> Since 1978 the teams have been represented by the symbols [[Osceola and Renegade]]. The symbol represents an actual historical figure, Seminole war leader [[Osceola]], whose clothing represents appropriate period dress. The athletic logo, in use since the early 1970s, shows a profile of a shouting Seminole warrior in circle. The model for the logo was Florida State music faculty member Thomas Wright, composer of the [[FSU Hymns#"FSU Fight Song"|Florida State University Fight Song]] and Victory Song.

The university maintains that they do not officially have a [[mascot]], but use the Seminole name in "admiration" of the unconquered tribe.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Relationship with the Seminole Tribe of Florida {{!}} Messages {{!}} University Communications|url=https://unicomm.fsu.edu/messages/relationship-seminole-tribe-florida/|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=unicomm.fsu.edu}}</ref> However, the figures of Osceola and Renegade, as well as the athletic logo, are used in a way that is indistinguishable from other mascots; they are used to rally the crowd at sporting events, and emblazoned on T-shirts and other merchandise.<ref>{{Cite web|title=efollett|url=https://www.bkstr.com/floridastatestore/search/keyword/seminole|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=www.bkstr.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |date=November 22, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J20wsKNV0NI |title=FSU Football Chief Osceola Renegade at Doak Tomahawk Chop |publisher=KENFL74 |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203230418/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J20wsKNV0NI |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Renegade and Osceola are reserved for football games; therefore, the Seminoles use a different symbol for other athletic events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Florida State revives Cimarron character to promote athletics |url=https://news.fsu.edu/news/students-campus-life/2012/04/26/florida-state-revives-cimarron-character-to-promote-athletics/ |website=Florida State University News |access-date=May 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219203243/https://news.fsu.edu/news/students-campus-life/2012/04/26/florida-state-revives-cimarron-character-to-promote-athletics/ |archive-date=February 19, 2025 |date=April 26, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This symbol, referred to by the university as an "ambassador" rather than a mascot, is an anthropomorphic horse named Cimarron.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Erik |title=What is the FSU basketball mascot? Here's the answer Florida State fans |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/2019/01/05/what-fsu-basketball-mascot-cimarron-horse-florida-state-osceola-renegade/2491527002/ |website=Tallahassee Democrat |access-date=May 17, 2025}}</ref> The name Cimarron comes from a term used by Spanish colonizers to describe independent indigenous tribes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seminole Presence on Campus |url=https://www.fsu.edu/seminole-tribe/presence.html |website=www.fsu.edu |publisher=Florida State University |access-date=May 17, 2025}}</ref>

==== Controversy ====
The use of names and images associated with Seminole history is officially sanctioned by the [[Seminole Tribal Council of Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Wieberg|first=Steve|date=August 23, 2005|title=NCAA allowing Florida State to use its Seminole mascot|publisher=USAToday|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2005-08-23-fsu-mascot-approved_x.htm|access-date=November 21, 2011}}</ref> In 2005, the Tribal Council produced a written resolution affirming their support for the use of their symbolism, and FSU states that they take pride in their "continued collaboration with the tribe".<ref name=":0" />

In 2005, the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] adopted a [[NCAA Native American mascot decision|policy]] intended to prevent their schools and athletic programs from using mascots and imagery that are "hostile or abusive" to racial and ethnic minorities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=National Collegiate Athletic Association - Press Release Archive|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/PressArchive/2005/Announcements/NCAA+Executive+Committee+Issues+Guidelines+for+Use+of+Native+American+Mascots+at+Championship+Events.html|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=fs.ncaa.org}}</ref> This included [[Native American mascot controversy|Native American mascots]], and FSU was specifically flagged by the NCAA as a university with potentially offensive imagery.<ref name=":1" /> However, Florida State challenged the policy and was granted a waiver based on their "unique relationship" with the Seminole Tribe of Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|title=USATODAY.com - NCAA allowing Florida State to use its Seminole mascot|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/2005-08-23-fsu-mascot-approved_x.htm|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=usatoday30.usatoday.com}}</ref> The NCAA allows the use even though the NCAA "continues to believe the stereotyping of Native Americans is wrong."<ref>{{cite magazine| title=The Florida State Seminoles: The Champions of Racist Mascots| magazine=The Nation| date=January 7, 2014| last=Zirin| first=Dave| url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/florida-state-seminoles-champions-racist-mascots/}}</ref>

Though the Florida Seminole [[Tribal council (United States)|Tribal Council]] made this agreement, they only represent Florida's portion of the Seminole people.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Zirin|first=Dave|date=January 7, 2014|title=The Florida State Seminoles: The Champions of Racist Mascots|journal=The Nation |language=en-US|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/florida-state-seminoles-champions-racist-mascots/|access-date=December 3, 2021|issn=0027-8378}}</ref> In 2013, the [[Seminole Nation of Oklahoma]], which has about four times as many registered members as Florida's Seminole tribe, passed a resolution condemning the use of such imagery on sports teams, making no exception for the kind of agreement FSU made with the Seminole Tribe of Florida.<ref name=":2" /> Their statement reads, "the use of American Indian mascots, images, and religious symbols is harmful to all children, and is discriminatory to Native cultures, Native imagery, and violates religious icons".<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Not Your Mascot |user=NotYourMascot |number=468599249395924993 |date=May 20, 2014 |title=Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is not cool w #FSU continually dishonoring them & their hero #mascotry @samfjordan @IWPX3 http://t.co/v3YZya5cjU |language=en |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> The [[American Psychological Association]] has made similar statements about the negative effects of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous]] mascots, arguing that they promote stereotypes, establish a hostile environment, and undermine the Nations' ability to accurately represent their culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/indian-mascots|access-date=December 3, 2021|publisher=American Psychology Association |title=Summary of the APA Resolution Recommending Retirement of American Indian Mascots |date=2011}}</ref> Students and other members of the Florida State community have also argued against the use of Native imagery, posting about it on school blogs and starting a [[Change.org]] petition in August 2021 to "ban racist traditions at FSU".<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 15, 2015|title=Is it Time to Change FSU's Mascot? {{!}} Her Campus|url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/fsu/it-time-change-fsus-mascot/|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=www.hercampus.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Rivalries===
Florida State maintains two traditional rivalries in all sports with the [[Florida Gators]] and the [[Miami Hurricanes]]. Florida State is the only school in the state to play both Florida and Miami each year in all sports.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Florida State developed a football rivalry with [[Clemson Tigers|Clemson]] after joining the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]. [[Tommy Bowden]] was named the head coach at Clemson prior to the 1999 season, and with his father Bobby Bowden the head coach at Florida State, the game was nicknamed the ''Bowden Bowl'' for the duration of his tenure.

Florida State University was founded with money donated by [[Francis Eppes|Francis Eppes VII]], a grandson of [[Thomas Jefferson]], the third President of the United States (1801–1809), principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and founder of the [[University of Virginia]]. As a result, both teams play for the [[Jefferson-Eppes Trophy]] in football. With the realignment of the ACC, the Seminoles and [[Virginia Cavaliers|Cavaliers]] found themselves in different divisions and no longer play annually.

Florida State has baseball rivalries with its traditional opponents, as well as with the [[Jacksonville Dolphins baseball|Jacksonville University Dolphins]].

===Athletic directors===
Florida State has had 17 athletic directors in its history.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-Time Athletic Directors |url=http://seminoles.com/all-time-athletic-directors/|publisher=Florida State University Department of Athletics|access-date=August 1, 2018}}</ref>
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-3}}
* Howard Danford, 1947–1956
* [[Tom Nugent]], 1957–1958
* [[Perry Moss]], 1959
* [[Vaughn Mancha]], 1959–1971
* [[Clay Stapleton]], 1971–1973
* [[John Bridgers]], 1973–1979
{{Col-3}}
* Phil Fordyce, 1979–1981
* [[Cecil Ingram]], 1981–1989
* [[Bob Goin]], 1990–1994
*  Wayne Hogan, 1994 
* Dave Hart Jr., 1995–2007
* [[William L. Proctor]], 2007–2008
{{Col-3}}
* [[Randy Spetman]], 2008–2013
* Vanessa Fuchs, 2013 
* Stan Wilcox, 2013–2018
* David Coburn, 2018–2022
* Michael Alford, 2022–present 
{{Col-end}}

== Teams ==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em;"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Florida State Seminoles|Men's sports|Women's sports}}
|-
| [[Florida State Seminoles baseball|Baseball]] || [[Florida State Seminoles women's basketball|Basketball]]
|-
| [[Florida State Seminoles men's basketball|Basketball]] || Beach volleyball
|-
| [[Florida State Seminoles cross country|Cross country]] || [[Florida State Seminoles cross country|Cross country]]
|-
| [[Florida State Seminoles football|Football]] || [[Florida State Seminoles women's golf|Golf]]
|-
| [[Florida State Seminoles men's golf|Golf]] ||[[Florida State Seminoles women's soccer|Soccer]]
|-
| Swimming and diving || [[Florida State Seminoles softball|Softball]]
|-
| Tennis || Swimming and diving
|-
| [[Florida State Seminoles track and field|Track and field]]<sup>†</sup> || Tennis
|-
| || [[Florida State Seminoles track and field|Track and field]]<sup>†</sup>
|-
| || Volleyball
|-
| || Lacrosse<ref>{{cite web | url=https://seminoles.com/news/2023/10/3/athletics-florida-state-to-add-womens-lacrosse-as-scholarship-sport | title=Florida State to Add Women's Lacrosse as Scholarship Sport }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Florida State Seminoles|border=0|color=black}}" | {{small|† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor}}
|}
Florida State University sponsors teams in eight men's and eleven women's [[NCAA]] sanctioned sports, generally as a member of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seminoles.com/ |title=Florida State Seminoles Official Athletic Site |publisher=Seminoles.com |access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref> Florida State competes as a member of the [[Coastal Collegiate Sports Association]] in beach volleyball.

=== Baseball ===
{{Main|Florida State Seminoles baseball}}

{| style="float: left;" border="1"
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''Head coach'''
|-
|style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Link Jarrett]]'''
|style="text-align: center;" | '''4th season'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;"| '''[[Dick Howser Trophy]] winners'''
|-
! style="width:95px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Player
! style="width:85px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
|- align=center
|[[J. D. Drew]] || 1997
|- align=center
|[[Buster Posey]] || 2008
|- align=center
|[[Alex Lodise]] || 2025
|}

Florida State's baseball program is one of the most successful in [[college baseball|collegiate sports]], having been to twenty-four [[College World Series]] (CWS) in sixty-one Tournament appearances, and having appeared in the national championship final on three occasions, (falling to the [[USC Trojans]] in 1970, the [[Arizona Wildcats]] in 1986, and the [[Miami Hurricanes]] in 1999).

[[File:Mike Martin (baseball coach) 2014.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Mike Martin (baseball coach)|Mike Martin]] is the winningest coach in college baseball history with 2,029 wins.]]
Under the command of Head Coach No.&nbsp;11 [[Mike Martin (baseball coach)|Mike Martin]] for forty years, Florida State is the second-winningest program in the history of college baseball. Since 1990, the Seminoles have had more 50 win seasons, been to more NCAA Tournaments and finished in the top 10 more than any other team in the country. Since 2000, FSU is the winningest program in college baseball with more victories and a higher winning percentage in the regular season than any other school. Despite their success, Florida State is still chasing their first CWS Championship, and has the most appearances in the CWS of any program yet to win a national title.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kassim |first1=Ehsan |title=Has FSU baseball ever won the College World Series? Seminoles history in NCAA Baseball Tournament |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/baseball/2024/06/14/florida-state-baseball-ever-made-cws-seminoles-history-ncaa-tournament/74048437007/ |website=Tallahassee Democrat |access-date=November 20, 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NCAA CWS appearances
| 1957, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970. 1975, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2024
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC tournament champions
| 1995, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC regular-season champions
| 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2012
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC Atlantic Division Champions
| 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
|}

=== Basketball ===

==== Men's basketball ====
[[File:Tuckerbanners.jpg|thumb|upright=1|left|Banners hanging at the [[Donald L. Tucker Civic Center]]]]
{{Main|Florida State Seminoles men's basketball}}

{| style="float: right;" border="1"
|-
| colspan="3" style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''Head coach'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:white; color:#000; text-align: center;"| '''[[Luke Loucks]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" |  '''1st season'''
|-
| colspan="3" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;"| '''Seminoles Men's Retired Numbers'''
|-
! style="width:40px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| No.
! style="width:105px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Player
! style="width:85px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
|- align=center
| '''13''' || [[Dave Cowens]] || 1968–70
|-
| colspan="3" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;"| '''Seminoles Men's Honored Numbers'''
|-
! style="width:40px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| No.
! style="width:105px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Player
! style="width:85px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
|- align=center
| '''3''' || [[Bob Sura]] || 1992–95
|- align=center
| '''10''' || [[Sam Cassell]] || 1991–93
|- align=center
| '''25''' || [[Hugh Durham]] || 1957–59
|- align=center
| '''43''' || Dave Fedor || 1960–62
|- align=center
| '''33''' || Ron King || 1971–73
|}

Florida State's basketball program has enjoyed modest success since their first appearance in the NCAA tournament in 1968. Since then, the Seminoles have made eighteen tournament appearances, played for the national title in the NCAA championship game in 1972, advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round in 1992, 2011, 2019 and 2021, the Elite Eight round in 1993 and 2018, and won the ACC title in 2012.

A total of 44 Seminoles have been selected in the [[NBA draft]] with nine first-round picks. Among those first round selections are [[Dave Cowens]], and George McCloud, the first lottery selection in school history.<ref name="Media Guide of Men's B-ball">{{cite web|url=http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/fsu/graphics/mediaguides/06-mbb/2006-07universitysection.pdf |publisher=Seminoles.com |title=Profile: Men's Basketball|access-date=September 24, 2007}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NCAA tournament appearances
| 1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NIT appearances
| 1984, 1987, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC regular-season champions
| 2020
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC tournament champions
| 2012
|}

==== Women's basketball ====
{{Main|Florida State Seminoles women's basketball}}

{| style="float: right;" border="1"
|-
| colspan="3" style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''Head coach'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:white; color:#000; text-align: center;"| '''[[Brooke Wyckoff]]'''
| style="text-align: center;" |  '''5th season'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:white; color:#000; text-align: center;"| 
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
| colspan="3" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''Seminoles Women's Retired Numbers'''
|-
! style="width:40px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| No.
! style="width:105px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Player
! style="width:85px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
|- align=center
| '''43''' || [[Sue Galkantas]] || 1982–83
|- align=center
| '''22''' || Wanda Burns || 1987–91
|- align=center
| '''30''' || [[Tia Paschal]] || 1989–93
|- align=center
| '''21''' || [[Brooke Wyckoff]] || 1997–2001
|}

The women's basketball program has made twenty-three tournament appearances. In the 2006–07 season, Florida State advanced to its first NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen in school history. The Seminoles won the ACC regular season titles in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the Seminoles made it to the Elite Eight round, the deepest advance in the tournament in program history, matching that run in 2015 and again in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=FSU women's hoops pushes for first Final Four bid|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/florida-state-seminoles/os-sp-florida-state-women-basketball-ncaa-tournament-20170324-story.html|publisher=Orlando Sentinel|date=March 24, 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NCAA tournament appearances
| 1983, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|WNIT appearances
| 1982, 2003, 2004
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC regular-season champions
| 2009, 2010
|}

===Beach volleyball===
[[File:2013 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball Championship (8714788933).jpg|thumb|upright=1|left|The Seminoles finished as national runner-up in the 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2022 seasons.]]

{| style="float: right;" border="1"
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''Head coach'''
|- align=center
|'''[[Brooke Niles]]''' || '''11th season'''
|-
|}

Florida State added women's beach volleyball as a sport during the 2012 season, initially competing as part of the [[Coastal Collegiate Sports Association]], and have been coached by [[Brooke Niles]], who has been recognized as the AVCA National Coach of the Year<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avca.org/awards/national-coaches-of-the-year/beach-coach-of-the-year.html|title=AVCA National beach Volleyball Coach of the Year Award|date=May 12, 2016|website=[[American Volleyball Coaches Association]]|accessdate=}}</ref> and is the winningest coach in NCAA history, since 2016. They have appeared in four [[American Volleyball Coaches Association|AVCA tournaments]] and nine [[NCAA beach volleyball championship|NCAA tournaments]] since the program's inception, reaching the post-season every year. The team has won seven conference titles and reached the national championship on four occasions. Twenty-seven players have been recognized as All-Americans. The Seminoles currently compete in the [[Big 12 Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Florida State joins Big 12 in Beach Volleyball|url=https://seminoles.com/news/2025/9/24/womens-beach-volleyball-florida-state-joins-big-12-in-beach-volleyball|publisher=Florida State University Athletics|date=September 24, 2025|access-date=September 25, 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NCAA tournament appearances
| 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|AVCA tournament appearances
| 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|CCSA regular-season champions
| 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|CCSA tournament champions
| 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
|}

=== Football ===
{{Main|Florida State Seminoles football}}
{| style="float: right;" border="1"
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''Head coach'''
|- align=center
| '''[[Mike Norvell]]''' || '''6th season'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;"| '''[[Heisman Trophy]] winners'''
|-
! style="width:95px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Player
! style="width:85px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
|- align=center
|[[Charlie Ward]] || 1993
|- align=center
|[[Chris Weinke]] || 2000
|- align=center
|[[Jameis Winston]] || 2013
|}
[[File:Bobby Bowden-FSU 2006.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hall of Fame coach [[Bobby Bowden]] on the sideline during the 2006 season]]
In 1902, the Florida State College in Tallahassee fielded its first varsity football team. The FSC program posted a record of 7–6–1 over the next three seasons, including a record of 3–1 against their rivals from the old [[University of Florida]] (formerly known as Florida Agricultural College) in [[Lake City, Florida|Lake City]]. In 1904, the Florida State College football team became the first-ever state champions of Florida after beating both the University of Florida and [[Stetson University]]. In 1905, however, the Florida Legislature reorganized the state's higher education system by abolishing the existing state-supported colleges, and creating the new University of the State of Florida in [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]], and the new Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee. Many former Florida State College male students transferred to the new University of the State of Florida (renamed the University of Florida in 1909).

Following [[World War II]], Florida State College for Women became coeducational and was renamed Florida State University in 1947, and the school once again started a football team. After its first season, FSU joined the Dixie Conference, which it won in each of the three years it was a member. It withdrew from the conference in 1951 and competed as an independent team for the next forty years.<ref name="CFBDW">{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/acc/florida_state/championships.php |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |title=Florida State Historical Data |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-date=January 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101065235/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/acc/florida_state/championships.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Under head coach [[Bobby Bowden]], the football team became one of the nation's most competitive football teams, greatly expanding the tradition of football at Florida State.<ref name="Bobby Bowden">{{cite web |url=http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bowden_bobby01.html |publisher=Seminoles.com |title=Profile: Bobby Bowden |access-date=June 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703111234/http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bowden_bobby01.html |archive-date=July 3, 2007 }}</ref> The Seminoles played in five national championship games between 1993 and 2001, and have claimed the championship three times, in 1993, 1999, and 2013. The FSU football team was the most successful team in college football during the 1990s, boasting an 89% winning percentage.<ref name="Sporting News.com Blogs">{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/3peatTrojans/23667/ |publisher=SportingNews.com |title=3peatTrojans's SportingBlog: The Great College Football Debates: Coaches pt.3 |access-date=July 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002020025/http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/3peatTrojans/23667/ |archive-date=October 2, 2007 }}</ref> FSU also set an NCAA record for most consecutive Top 5 finishes in the AP football poll – receiving placement fourteen years in a row, from 1987 to 2000. The Seminoles were the first college football team in history to go wire-to-wire (ranked first place from preseason to postseason) since the AP began releasing preseason rankings in 1936. FSU also owns the record for most consecutive bowl game victories with 11 between 1985 and 1996 and made a post-season appearance for thirty-six straight seasons from 1982 to 2017.<ref name="Bobby Bowden"/> The Seminole football team has also won nineteen conference championships in the Dixie and Atlantic Coast.

Florida State's football program has produced many players who went on to [[NFL]] careers, including [[Fred Biletnikoff]], [[Deion Sanders]], [[Terrell Buckley]], [[Derrick Brooks]], [[Sebastian Janikowski]], [[Walter Jones (American football)|Walter Jones]], [[Corey Simon]], [[Anquan Boldin]], [[Javon Walker]], [[Warrick Dunn]], [[Peter Boulware]], [[Laveranues Coles]], [[Brad Johnson (American football)|Brad Johnson]], [[Samari Rolle]], [[Peter Warrick]], [[Jalen Ramsey]], [[Dalvin Cook]], [[Jameis Winston]], [[Darnell Dockett]], [[Dustin Hopkins]], [[Graham Gano]], [[Rodney Hudson]], and many others; other notable players include [[Burt Reynolds]] and [[Lee Corso]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|National champions
| 1993, 1999, 2013
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|Playoff appearances
| 2014
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC Champions
| 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2023
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC Atlantic Division Champions
| 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|Bowl victories
| 1950 Cigar Bowl, 1965 Gator Bowl, 1977 Tangerine Bowl, 1982 Gator Bowl, 1983 Peach Bowl, 1985 Gator Bowl, 1986 All-American Bowl, 1988 Fiesta Bowl, 1989 Sugar Bowl, 1990 Fiesta Bowl, 1990 Blockbuster Bowl, 1992 Cotton Bowl, 1993 Orange Bowl, 1994 Orange Bowl, 1995 Sugar Bowl, 1996 Orange Bowl, 1998 Sugar Bowl, 2000 Sugar Bowl, 2002 Gator Bowl, 2005 Gator Bowl, 2006 Emerald Bowl, 2008 Champs Sports Bowl, 2010 Gator Bowl, 2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl, 2011 Champs Sports Bowl, 2013 Orange Bowl, 2014 BCS National Championship, 2016 Orange Bowl, 2017 Independence Bowl, 2022 Cheez-It Bowl
|}

=== Golf ===

==== Men's golf ====
{{Main|Florida State Seminoles men's golf}}

The Seminoles have made thirty-nine NCAA tournament appearances including twenty-seven national championship appearances, finishing as runner-up in 2024, and nineteen regionals. Florida State has won thirteen conference championships. The Seminoles have appeared in sixteen straight NCAA tournaments and were the top seed in the 2015 tournament, a year in which they won a school record four straight in-season tournaments. In the 2021 season, [[John Pak]] won the [[Haskins Award]], [[Ben Hogan Award|Hogan Award]], and Nicklaus Award.

==== Women's golf ====
{{Main|Florida State Seminoles women's golf}}

The Seminoles have made eight [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women|AIAW]] tournament appearances, twenty-nine NCAA tournament appearances, including thirteen national championship appearances and twenty-six regionals. Florida State has won four conference championships.

=== Women's soccer ===
{{Main|Florida State Seminoles women's soccer}}

{| style="float: right;" border="1"
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''Head coach'''
|- align=center
| '''[[Brian Pensky]]''' || '''4th season'''
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''[[Hermann Trophy]] winner'''
|-
! style="width:105px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Player
! style="width:85px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
|- align=center
|[[Mami Yamaguchi]] || 2007
|- align=center
|[[Jaelin Howell]] || 2020, 2021
|- align=center
|[[Jennifer Echegini|Onyi Echegini]] || 2023
|}

Since adding soccer as a sport, Florida State has made twenty-six appearances in the NCAA tournament and fourteen appearances in the [[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship|College Cup]]. The Seminoles won national championships in 2014, 2018, 2021, and 2023, with additional national title appearances in 2007, 2013, and 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Champions! Women's soccer claims first NCAA crown|date=December 8, 2014 |url=https://news.fsu.edu/news/2014/12/07/national-champions-women-s-soccer-claims-first-ncaa-crown/|publisher=Florida State University}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NCAA Champions
| 2014, 2018, 2021, 2023
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NCAA College Cup appearances
| 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NCAA tournament appearances
| 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
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC tournament champions
| 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC regular-season champions
| 2009, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2023
|}

=== Softball ===
{{Main|Florida State Seminoles softball}}

The softball team plays at the Seminole Softball Complex; the field is named for [[JoAnne Graf]], the winningest coach in softball history.<ref name="JoAnne Graff">{{cite web|url=http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/graf_joanne00.html|title=''JoAnne Graff''|access-date=September 24, 2007|archive-date=December 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208074856/http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/graf_joanne00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> An 8–1 victory over Jacksonville on February 22, 2006, made her only the second coach in NCAA history to record 1,100 NCAA fast-pitch wins. In 1999, Florida State received a softball complex, which also houses the soccer stadium.

{| style="float: right;" border="1"
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''Head coach'''
|- align=center
|'''[[Lonni Alameda]]''' || '''18th season'''
|-
! colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;"| '''[[USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year|National Player of the Year]] winner'''
|-
! style="width:105px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Player
! style="width:85px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
|- align=center
|Jessica van der Linden || 2004
|- align=center
|[[Lacey Waldrop]] || 2014
|-
! colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;"| '''[[NFCA National Freshman of the Year|National Freshman of the Year]] winner'''
|-
! style="width:105px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Player
! style="width:85px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
|- align=center
|[[Jaysoni Beachum]] || 2024
|}

Florida State's accomplishments include two AIAW national championships, one [[NCAA]] [[Women's College World Series|national championship]], twelve trips to the Women's College World Series, thirty-seven NCAA tournaments, thirty-eight All-Americans, and nineteen conference titles, as well as forty-one forty win seasons.

For over two decades, FSU has been one of the most dominant softball programs in the history of [[college softball|collegiate softball]]. Only five teams in the history of the NCAA have been to more WCWS than Florida State and no school east of Arizona has been to more NCAA tournaments than the Seminoles. Florida State has made a regional appearance every year since 2000.

In 2015, Lacey Waldrop and Maddie O'Brien became the first players from the school to be drafted into the [[National Pro Fastpitch]] league and Jessica Burroughs became the school's first number one overall pick in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Florida State's Jessica Burroughs taken by USSSA Pride with first pick in NPF Draft|url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/19234566/2017-npf-draft-florida-state-seminoles-pitcher-jessica-burroughs-taken-no-1-overall-national-pro-fastpitch-draft|work=ESPNW|date=April 25, 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NCAA Champions
| 2018
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|AIAW Champions
| 1981, 1982
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|NCAA WCWS appearances
| 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC tournament champions
| 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC regular-season champions
| 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025
|-
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}};"|ACC Atlantic Division Champions
| 2018, 2019
|}

===Track and field===
{{Main|Florida State Seminoles track and field}}
{| style="float: right;" border="1"
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;" | '''Head coach'''
|- align=center
| '''Matt Kane''' || '''1st season'''
|-
! colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}} text-align: center;"| '''[[The Bowerman|Bowerman Award]] winner'''
|-
! style="width:105px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Player
! style="width:85px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
|- align=center
|[[Trey Cunningham]] || 2022
|}

The men's track and field team has won multiple NCAA national championships and ACC championships. In 2006, the team had individual champions in the 200&nbsp;m ([[Walter Dix]]), the triple jump (Rafeeq Curry), and the shot put ([[Garrett Johnson]]). In 2007, Dix became the first person to hold the individual title in the 100&nbsp;m, 200&nbsp;m, and 4×100&nbsp;m Relay at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/060907aae.html |publisher=Seminoles.com |title=Track & Field: FSU Wins Back-to-Back National Titles |access-date=June 9, 2007 |archive-date=November 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113051259/http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/060907aae.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Non-varsity/club teams===

====Cheerleading====
[[File:Florida State University Cheerleader 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Florida State cheerleaders]]
The Florida State cheerleaders cheer at all football games as well as home basketball and volleyball games. The all-girl squad won the [[National Cheerleaders Association]] championship in 1997 and the co-ed squad won the [[Universal Cheerleaders Association]] championship in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seminoles.com/florida-state-cheerleaders-win-national-championship-golden-girls-among-top-three/|title=Florida State Cheerleaders Win National Championship, Golden Girls Among Top Three|website=Seminoles.com|publisher=Florida State Athletic Department|date=January 15, 2023|access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> The dance team that performs at football and basketball games is known as the Golden Girls.

====Rugby====
The Florida State Rugby Football Club was founded in 1970, and plays Division 1 [[college rugby]] in the South Independent Rugby Conference, which is not affiliated with the NCAA.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rugby Club Will Play|date=April 18, 1970|work=Tallahassee Democrat|page=12}}</ref> The Seminoles won the conference championship in 2012, defeating the [[University of Central Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clifton |first1=Pat |title=Florida State Beats UCF for SIRC Crown |url=http://www.rugbymag.com/men%27s-di-college/4189-florida-state-beats-ucf-for-sirc-crown.html |website=rugbymag.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025102951/http://www.rugbymag.com/men%27s-di-college/4189-florida-state-beats-ucf-for-sirc-crown.html |archive-date=October 25, 2013 |date=April 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 19, 2012 }}</ref> FSU is led by head coach Michael Gomez.

==All-sports program rankings==

===NCAA all-sports rankings===
'''Directors' Cup'''

Florida State Athletics has made great strides in the [[National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics]] (NACDA) standings in the last twenty years. Since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference, FSU has been ranked among the top fifty NCAA Division I athletic programs in the country. From the 2006–2007 through 2014–2015 academic years, Florida State cracked the top 15 every year, including two top 5 finishes in 2009–2010 and 2011–2012, and four top 10 finishes in 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2017–2018, and 2018–2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=FSU notebook: Seminoles finish No. 7 in Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup standings|first=Jim|last=Henry|url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/2019/06/28/fsu-finishes-no-7-learfield-img-college-directors-cup-standings/1593632001/|work=Tallahassee Democrat|date=June 28, 2019}}</ref>

'''NACDA All-Sports Rankings'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nacda.com/directorscup/nacda-directorscup-previous-scoring.html |title=Nacda Official Athletic Site – Directors Cup |publisher=Nacda.com |access-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102202358/http://www.nacda.com/directorscup/nacda-directorscup-previous-scoring.html |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
{|  style="border:'1' 'solid' 'black'; width:150px;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Rank
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 1993–94
| style="width:64px;"| 25th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 1994–95
| style="width:64px;"| 24th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 1995–96
| style="width:64px;"| 24th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 1996–97
| style="width:64px;"| 49th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 1997–98
| style="width:64px;"| 46th
|}
{{Col-break}}
{|  style="border:'1' 'solid' 'black'; width:150px;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Rank
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 1998–99
| style="width:64px;"| 39th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 1999–00
| style="width:64px;"| 46th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2000–01
| style="width:64px;"| 35th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2001–02
| style="width:64px;"| 39th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2002–03
| style="width:64px;"| 38th
|}
{{Col-break}}
{|  style="border:'1' 'solid' 'black'; width:150px;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Rank
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2003–04
| style="width:64px;"| 22nd
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2004–05
| style="width:64px;"| 30th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2005–06
| style="width:64px;"| 17th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2006–07
| style="width:64px;"| 15th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2007–08
| style="width:64px;"| 15th
|}
{{Col-break}}
{|  style="border:'1' 'solid' 'black'; width:150px;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Rank
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2008–09
| style="width:64px;"| 15th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2009–10
| style="width:64px;"| 5th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2010–11
| style="width:64px;"| 9th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2011–12
| style="width:64px;"| 5th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2012–13
| style="width:64px;"| 11th
|}
{{Col-break}}
{|  style="border:'1' 'solid' 'black'; width:150px;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Rank
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2013–14
| style="width:64px;"| 12th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2014–15
| style="width:64px;"| 10th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2015–16
| style="width:64px;"| 22nd
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2016–17
| style="width:64px;"| 13th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2017–18
| style="width:64px;"| 9th
|}
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{|  style="border:'1' 'solid' 'black'; width:150px;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Year
! style="width:64px; {{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Rank
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2018–19
| style="width:64px;"| 7th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2020–21
| style="width:64px;"| 16th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2021–22
| style="width:64px;"| 14th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2022–23
| style="width:64px;"| 17th
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="width:64px;"| 2023–24
| style="width:64px;"| 12th
|}
{{col-end}}

==National championships==
{{Further|Atlantic Coast Conference#NCAA team championships|List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships}}

Florida State has won twenty national team championships (including eleven sponsored by the NCAA), three by the [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women]] (AIAW), two by the [[Bowl Championship Series]], and one by the [[Bowl Coalition]]), and its individual athletes have numerous individual NCAA national championships.<ref name="fs.ncaa.org">{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |title=Championships summary through Jan. 1, 2022 |date= |website=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) |access-date=February 25, 2015 |archive-date=March 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320185655/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

===NCAA team championships===
Florida State University has won 11 NCAA team national championships:<ref name="fs.ncaa.org"/>
*'''Men's (4)'''
**[[NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships#Team titles|Gymnastics]] (2): 1951, 1952
**[[NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Team titles|Outdoor Track & Field]] (2):{{Efn|Does not include 2007 men's outdoor track and field championship, which was vacated|group=vacated national title}} 2006, 2008
*'''Women's (7)'''
**[[NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships#Team titles|Indoor Track and Field]] (1): 1985
**[[NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Team titles|Outdoor Track and Field]] (1): 1984
**[[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship#Team titles|Soccer]] (4): 2014, 2018, 2021, 2023
**[[Women's College World Series#NCAA team titles by school|Softball]] (1): 2018
Florida State has been national runners-up 23 times in 12 NCAA sports: baseball (3), men's basketball (1), men's cross country (1), women's cross country (2), men's golf (1), women's golf (1), softball (2), women's soccer (3), men's indoor track and field (2), men's outdoor track and field (2), women's outdoor track and field (2), and beach volleyball (4).

{{Notelist|group=vacated national title}}

===Other national team championships===
{{Further|Pre-NCAA intercollegiate championships|List of NCAA schools with the most AIAW Division I national championships|List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships}}

Below are the nine national team titles that were bestowed by other college athletics entities:
*'''Men's (6)''':
**[[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|Football]] (3): 1993, 1999, 2013 ([[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]])
**[[List of college athletics championship game outcomes#Volleyball|Volleyball]] (3): 1955, 1957, 1958<ref>{{cite thesis|title=The History of Intercollegiate Volleyball in the United States from 1895 to the Present Day |last=Rodrigo |first=Arambawattage |publisher=The Ohio State University |date=1981 |page=51-74 |access-date=April 30, 2010 |url=http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send-pdf.cgi/Rodrigo%20Arambawattage%20D.pdf?osu1263043440 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716153717/http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send-pdf.cgi/Rodrigo%20Arambawattage%20D.pdf?osu1263043440 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> ([[USA Volleyball|USVA]])
*'''Women's (3)''':
**[[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships#Golf|Golf]] (1): 1981 ([[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women|AIAW]])
**[[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships#Slowpitch Softball|Softball (slowpitch)]] (2): 1981, 1982 (AIAW)
Florida State has been national runner-up two times in one NCAA sport (football) for which the NCAA itself does not bestow a championship.

=== Non-varsity/club national team championships ===
'''Women's (1)''':
*Cheerleading (1): 1997 ([[National Cheerleaders Association|NCA]])
'''Co-Ed (2)''':
*Gymnastics (1): 2022 ([[Artistic gymnastics in the United States|NAIGC]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fsunews.com/story/sports/2022/04/17/jumping-joy-gymnastics/7345814001/ | title=FSU club gymnastics crowned NAIGC national champs |last=Runde |first=Max |date=April 17, 2022 |website=FSUNews.com }}</ref>
*Cheerleading (1): 2023 ([[Universal Cheerleaders Association|UCA]])
Florida State has also been national runner-up once in one non-varsity club sport (cheerleading).

==Conference championships==

{| cellpadding="1" style="width:75%;" class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Florida State Seminoles|Sport|Conference|Championship years|Number of championships}}
|-
| rowspan="4;"|Baseball tournament
| Atlantic Coast Conference || 1995, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018 || 8
|-
| Metro Conference || 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 || 12
|-
| Florida Intercollegiate || 1956, 1957 || 2
|-
| Dixie Conference || 1950 || 1
|-
| rowspan="2;"| Baseball regular season || Metro Conference || 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 || 4
|-
| Atlantic Coast Conference || 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2012 || 8
|-
| rowspan="3"|Men's basketball tournament|| Atlantic Coast Conference || 2012 || 1
|-
| Metro Conference || 1991 || 1
|-
| Florida Intercollegiate || 1955 || 1
|-
| rowspan="4;" | Men's basketball regular season || Dixie Conference || 1951 || 1
|-
| Florida Intercollegiate || 1955 || 1
|-
| Metro Conference || 1978, 1989 || 2
|-
| Atlantic Coast Conference || 2020 || 1
|-
| Women's basketball tournament || Metro Conference || 1991 || 1
|-
| rowspan="2;"|Women's basketball regular season || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2009, 2010 || 2
|-
| Metro Conference || 1991 || 1
|-
| Beach volleyball tournament || Coastal Collegiate Sports Association || 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 || 7
|-
| Beach volleyball regular season || Coastal Collegiate Sports Association || 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024 || 6
|-
| rowspan="2;"|Men's cross country || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2010 || 1
|-
| Metro Conference || 1978, 1979, 1982 || 3
|-
| Women's cross country || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 || 7
|-
| rowspan="2;"|Football || Atlantic Coast Conference || 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2023 || 16
|-
| Dixie Conference || 1948, 1949, 1950 || 3
|-
| rowspan="3;"| Men's golf || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2008 || 1
|-
| Metro Conference || 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 || 13
|-
| Dixie Conference || 1950 || 1
|-
| rowspan="2;"| Women's golf || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2025 || 1
|-
| Metro Conference || 1988, 1989, 1991 || 3
|-
| Men's tennis || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2024 || 1
|-
| Men's indoor track and field || Atlantic Coast Conference || 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020 || 14
|-
| Women's indoor track and field || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2009, 2014, 2018, 2021 || 4
|-
| rowspan="4;"| Men's outdoor track and field || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022 || 15
|-
| Metro Conference || 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 || 15
|-
| Southeastern Independent || 1972, 1973, 1974 || 3
|-
| Dixie Conference || 1950, 1951 || 2
|-
| rowspan="2;"| Women's outdoor track and field || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2000, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021 || 6
|-
| Metro Conference || 1989, 1990, 1991 || 3
|-
| Women's soccer tournament || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 || 11
|-
| Women's soccer regular season || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2009, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2023 || 6
|-
| Softball tournament || Atlantic Coast Conference || 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 || 19
|-
| Softball regular season || Atlantic Coast Conference || 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025 || 19
|-
| Men's swimming and diving || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2007 || 1
|-
| rowspan="2;"| Women's swimming and diving || Atlantic Coast Conference || 2006 || 1
|-
| Metro Conference || 1991 || 1
|-
| rowspan="2;"| Men's tennis|| Metro Conference || 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988 || 5
|-
| Dixie Conference || 1949, 1950, 1951 || 3
|-
| Women's tennis || Metro Conference || 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991 || 5
|-
| rowspan="2;"| Volleyball || Atlantic Coast Conference || 1998, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2023 || 5
|-
| Metro Conference || 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 || 6
|-
! colspan="3;" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Total Championships:
! colspan="3;" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| 253
|}

*Total Conference Championships (204)
**Atlantic Coast Conference (112)
**Metro Conference (68)
**Dixie Conference (10)
**Southeastern Independent (3)
**Florida Intercollegiate Conference (3)
**Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (7)

===Division championships===
{| cellpadding="1" style="width:75%;" class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Florida State Seminoles|Sport|Division|Championship years|Number of championships}}
|-
| Baseball || ACC Atlantic || 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 || 8
|-
| Football || ACC Atlantic || 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 || 6
|-
| Softball || ACC Atlantic || 2018, 2019 || 2
|-class="sortbottom"
! colspan="3;" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| Total Championships:
! colspan="3;" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida State Seminoles}}"| 16
|}

==Athletic facilities==
{{More citations needed section|date=May 2025}}
Florida State University has invested and continues to invest largely in the athletic centers and facilities around campus. The most visible stadium is [[Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium]] which is surrounded by the [[University Center (Florida State University)|University Center]], which houses the university administration, several colleges and departments.

'''Coyle E. Moore Athletics Center'''
[[File:Doak Campbell.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The Moore Center]]
:The Coyle E. Moore Athletic Center is located on the north side of the University Center and is the center of Florida State Athletics and its 400-plus student-athletes. It is home to the Athletics Administration and support staff and houses the Executive Staff, Business Office, Computer Information Services, Coaches' Video, Seminole Productions, College of Communication faculty offices and student edit rooms, Academic Support, Student Services, Compliance, Sports Information, Digital Media, Marketing and Promotions, Facilities and Event Management, classrooms, a dining facility with a full service kitchen, and a mailroom. Initially built in the 1950s as a football field house, the original infrastructure of the athletic center plumbing, sewage, and air-conditioning had become inadequate to the demands placed upon it by far more student-athletes and staff than it was designed for. In 2004, the Moore Building underwent an overhaul makeover to match the appearance of the rest of the University Center with a more efficient floor plan to allow for more room for growth. The new facility includes a dining hall, a 15,000 square foot training and rehab facility, and a more than 8,000 square foot tutorial and study hall space. A multi-purpose theater for team meetings, press conferences, and symposiums is also located on the first floor of the Moore Athletic Center. In an effort to enhance the studies of Florida State students, there is also a designated space for athletic-training curriculum and a studio provided for the College of Communication students to gain hands on experience producing work for Seminole athletics.

'''Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility'''
[[File:Fsufballpractice.JPG|thumb|upright=1|Florida State football practice fields]]
:The Dunlap Indoor Practice Facility is the indoor field used by the football team. It is located adjacent to the stadium, next to the outdoor practice fields.

'''Bill Harkins Field at the Manley R. Whitcomb Band Complex'''
[[File:HarkinsFieldFSU.JPG|thumb|upright=1|Bill Harkins Field]]
:Bill Harkins Field at the [[Manley Whitcomb|Manley R. Whitcomb]] Band Complex is an artificial turf with rubber fill field built near the Flying High Circus on Chieftain Way. The field is an exact replica of what Bobby Bowden field looked like on game days at the time of the field's construction. Since then several alterations have been made to the field. Bill Harkins, head coach of the men's lacrosse team from 2004 to 2013, donated $350,000 towards the construction of the new field. Previously the space was a grassy field that often alternated between dusty and muddy. The Florida State University [[Marching Chiefs]] have primary use of the field and use it for their daily practices. The football team and lacrosse teams have secondary use of the field with the lacrosse team using the field for practices and games. The football team sometimes uses the practice field in anticipation of games at stadiums with artificial turf.

'''[[Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium]]'''
[[File:Doak Campbell416.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium|Doak Campbell Stadium]]]]
:The stadium, named after FSU President Doak Campbell, hosted its first game against the [[Randolph-Macon College]] Yellowjackets on October 7, 1950, with the Seminoles winning the game 40–7. At that time the facility had a seating capacity of 15,000. Florida State began to play at '''Centennial Field''' during the team's 1947 season and would continue to play there for the following two years (1948 and 1949). Florida State College – FSU predecessor institution – also fielded teams from 1902 to 1904 (precise location of where games were played is not documented). Doak Campbell Stadium, with its original capacity of 15,000 in 1950, was built at a cost of $250,000. In 1954, the stadium grew to a capacity of 19,000. Six thousand more seats were added in 1961. During the [[Bill Peterson]] era (1960–70), the stadium was expanded to 40,500 seats, and it remained at that capacity for the next 14 years. Since that time, the stadium has expanded to 82,300, largely in part to the success of the football team under head coach [[Bobby Bowden]] coupled with the ever growing student body. It now is the second largest football stadium in the ACC. Aesthetically, a brick facade surrounding the stadium matches the architectural design of most of the buildings on the university's campus. In addition to sporting events, the University Center surrounds the stadium and houses many of the university's offices. The field was officially named Bobby Bowden field on November 20, 2004, as Florida State hosted intrastate rival Florida.

'''[[Donald L. Tucker Civic Center]]'''
[[File:Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Donald L. Tucker Civic Center]]]]
:The Donald L. Tucker Center is the home for Seminole basketball is named in honor of [[Donald L. Tucker]], a former [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Florida House of Representatives]] and Special Ambassador for the United States to the [[Dominican Republic]]. Prior to the 2000–01 basketball season, the center completed an expansion project which began in October 1998 in which 34 luxury suites and 468 club seats at mid-level in the arena were added. In addition, the upper level seating was configured to offer better viewing and additional concession stands and restrooms were added. The Spotlight Grill, a 450-seat arena-view restaurant includes an outdoor patio and ledge seating for viewing arena events. The multi-purpose facility, which opened its doors in 1981, covers over 22 acres in the heart of Tallahassee's downtown district. The Civic Center is only two blocks from the Capitol building and is just across the street from FSU's nationally-acclaimed Law School and Center for Professional Development. The complex covers over 18,000 square feet with 119-foot ceilings in the main arena. The Tucker Center is actually three different areas combined under one roof. The main arena, where FSU hosts its home games. The Exhibition Hall, which joins the main arena via a hallway, can seat 5,000 for an event or serve as an indoor display area. The complex also features a terrace for outdoor hosting.

'''Seminole Basketball Training Center'''
:The 40,000 square foot Florida State Basketball Training Center is attached to the Donald L. Tucker Center and is one of the nation's top basketball-only facilities. The $10 million facility opened in April 2002 is home to the Seminole men's and women's basketball programs. It provides a permanent home for the Seminoles to practice, hold meetings and watch film. The Seminoles have their own practice floor, locker rooms, coaches' offices, meeting and film rooms, an expansive player's lounge, a tradition room and offices for support staff.

'''[[Don Veller Seminole Golf|Don Veller Seminole Golf Course]]'''
[[File:Seminolegolf.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[Don Veller Seminole Golf]] Course]]
:The Don Veller Seminole Golf course was originally built in 1962, later redesigned in 2004 and is home to the Seminoles' practice greens, training center and the Dave Middleton Golf Center. The golf center houses the SGC clubhouse and is also the location of the team's private facilities. Florida State golfers have a team room, on course workout facility and state of the art training center. The team room / facility is utilized for team meetings, as a study area between classes and practices and as a lounge when the team is not on the course. The course is Par 72 of 6,940 yards with a 73.4 course rating.

'''[[JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex]]'''
[[File:Seminole Softball Stadium.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex|Seminole Softball Complex]]]]
:The Florida State Soccer/Softball Complex was opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, April 17, 1999. The event, which was held in conjunction with Florida State's 30th Anniversary of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Spring Celebration. JoAnne Graf Field hosted back-to-back NCAA Regionals in 2001 and 2002 and then again in 2004 and 2009. Known as one of NCAA softball's best venues, JoAnne Graf Field is a modernized field of play that caters quite well to student-athletes, coaches, fans and other spectators. Since opening in 1999, Florida State has played to the venue's home-field advantage. The Seminoles have recorded 384 victories in their 15 years at JoAnne Graf Field. Two major changes were made to the complex in the mid 2000s. On April 2, 2005, former university president Dr. T.K. Wetherell and former Athletics Director, Dave Hart, officially renamed the softball stadium "JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex". She joined Bob Heck at Georgia State as the only two active softball coaches with fields named after them. In the fall of 2006, the stadium got a facelift as a Florida State unveiled a brand new video scoreboard for the 2007 season. The team building underwent a multi-million dollar renovation to the second floor which began in October 2008. The expansion to the second floor now includes new offices, a team meeting room, tradition space for both softball and soccer and a player lounge. In 2011 when a new indoor batting facility was constructed, approaching nearly 12,000 square feet. It is a two-story facility that includes a large bullpen, hitting nets and a wide area on the top floor for stretching and other softball activities. Another recent addition to the field was the installation of new wall padding in 2013.

'''[[Tully Gymnasium|Lucy McDaniel Volleyball Court at Tully Gymnasium]]'''
:Tully Gymnasium has been home to Florida State volleyball for many years. The facility, which was constructed in 1956, was named for the late Robert Henry (Bobby) Tully, a 1952 FSU graduate and football player. Active on campus, Tully was a member of Gold Key, [[Omicron Delta Kappa]], the [[Arnold Air Society]] and [[Alpha Tau Omega]] fraternity. He died in May 1954 after battling illness. With a capacity of 1,162, the gymnasium has undergone several renovations in recent years. Prior to the 2004 season, the playing floor was replaced with a new floor. New lighting was added before the 1999 season. Most recently in 2011, locker room renovations occurred to add to the facility's appeal. Tully Gymnasium also features new arena-style padded  seating with armrests which were installed to create a more comfortable atmosphere for Seminole fans while watching Florida State volleyball. On November 2, 2000, in a special ceremony, Florida State dedicated the floor of Tully Gymnasium to Lucy McDaniel, the first woman in the state of Florida to donate more than one million dollars to a women's athletic program. The facility became known as the Lucy McDaniel Volleyball Court at Tully Gymnasium prior to the 2001 season, in honor of the gifts and support that McDaniel has provided to the Lady Seminole volleyball program and Florida State athletics.

'''Florida State University Beach Volleyball Courts'''
:In 2012, Florida State started intercollegiate competition in beach volleyball, which the NCAA then called "sand volleyball". Beach volleyball courts were constructed adjacent to Mike Long Track and the soccer training fields.

'''Mcintosh Track and Field Building at Mike Long Track'''
[[File:FSUtrackbuilding.JPG|thumb|upright=1|Mcintosh Track and Field Building at Mike Long Track]]
:Named after Florida State's first track and field head coach, the complex has attracted some of the top meets in the nation. Mike Long Track and the City of Tallahassee played host to the USA Track and Field National Junior Championships in 1988 and the AAU National Championships in 1991. Florida State, with Mike Long Track, also hosted the Atlantic Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1992 and 2005. The USA Track and Field National Junior Championships returned ti Mike Long Track in the Summer of '94. The British Olympic Team, who trained in Tallahassee for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, used the facility for all their track and field practices and workouts over the summer. The Florida State track and field team has been calling Mike Long Track home now for 53 years. The 2003 season marked the unveiling of Mike Long Track's brand new track, complete with a new surface, wider lanes, faster turns and a larger infield area for hosting field events. Seating capacity was also expanded to accommodate 1,500 spectators. The competition areas were resurfaced before the start of the 2008 season. In the spring of 2008 the newest addition to the facility, an 18,000-foot expansion gave the center a total space of 22,000 square feet. The improvements benefit not only the track and field/cross country programs, but also volleyball, soccer, softball and tennis student-athletes. The expanded center includes locker rooms, student-athlete lounges, medical preparation areas, coaches' offices and a conference room.

'''[[Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium]]'''
[[File:MMF&DHS.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium]]]]
:Located on the campus of Florida State University, Dick Howser Stadium is named after the late Kansas City Royals and Florida State manager who was also Florida State's first-ever baseball All-American. The stadium was dedicated in honor of Dick Howser in March 1988 prior to an exhibition game between Florida State and the Kansas City Royals, two of Howser's former teams. As part of the stadium dedication, Kansas City all-stars George Brett and Bo Jackson helped unveil a bronze bust of Howse in Haggard Baseball Plaza. A two-year, $12 million project was completed in 2004 and stadium capacity increased to 6,700. On April 2, 2005, Florida State University dedicated the field at Dick Howser to current head coach Mike Martin. Florida State's skipper for the last 30 years now coaches on the diamond bearing his name, Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium.

'''Morcom Aquatics Center'''
:In 2008, Florida State opened the new $10.5 million Morcom Aquatic Center. The facility is located on the Southwest Campus next to the Don Veller Seminole Golf Course. The main pool features up to 30 practice lanes and maintains a temperature of 80 degrees. FSU swims in the same pool that hosted the [[2005 World Aquatics Championships|2005 FINA World Championships]] in [[Montreal]], Canada. Locker rooms and coaches offices are located in the adjoined 10,000 square-foot building, which house the athletes equipment and coaching staff.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

'''Scott Speicher Tennis Center at the Donald Loucks Courts'''
:The Speicher Tennis Center was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander [[Michael Scott Speicher]], a graduate of Florida State University. Speicher was considered the first American casualty during Operation Desert Storm, but was later reclassified by the United States government as missing in action in 2001 and missing or captured a year later. However, in 2009 Speicher's remains were found in the Anbar province of Iraq after a nearly 20-year search. The Scott Speicher family was later honored by Florida State at a home football game with a missing man formation flyover from the Navy. By Presidential directive, the facility bears the name the "Scott Speicher Tennis Center". In 1947, Loucks became Florida State's first basketball coach and a year later was named the school's first tennis coach. His tennis team was the first athletic team. The varsity tennis courts were named for Loucks in 1981. He served as Dean of men from 1957 to 1967 and was known as a servant of leadership, service and devotion to many worthy causes. With the first stage of construction completed in the summer of 1993, the Scott Speicher Tennis Center at the Donald Loucks Courts opened its gates to the public for the first time at a Children's Miracle Network charity tournament. Through its 18 year existence, the Scott Speicher Tennis Center at the Donald Loucks Courts has served as the home courts for all Florida State men's and women's home dual matches, the annual Seminole Fall Classics, City of Tallahassee tennis championships, various USTA regional and zonal tournaments, the 1994 and 1995 Men's Intercollegiate tournament and the annual Children's Miracle Network Charity Invitational benefiting [[Shands Hospital]] in Gainesville. The tennis center has also been the site for the ITA Summer Circuit for men's and women's tennis in which high school and collegiate athletes participate in singles and double matches.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

'''Indoor tennis facility'''
:Located on the [[FSU Southwest Campus|Southwest Campus]], the indoor tennis facility was completed in April 2011 adjacent to the aquatics center, Seminole golf course and the engineering buildings. The multi-million dollar Indoor practice facility serves as an additional playing arena for the Florida State tennis teams. Since the completion in spring of 2011, the facility has served as both a site for training and competition. The building hosts six regulation courts, locker rooms, athletic training room, equipment room, office and lobby. For the next phase, plans are in place to add spectator seating, team lounges, extended locker rooms, offices and a press box. Besides use from the tennis programs the Multi-Purpose Educational Facility is used for academic classes, clinics and camps. The facility is the only indoor tennis facility approved for college competition in the state of Florida and only one of a few in the southeast.

'''[[Seminole Soccer Complex]]'''
[[File:Seminole Soccer Complex, FSU.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Seminole Soccer Complex]]]]
:In the spring of 1998, Florida State's dream of a new complex started to become a reality, as ground was broken for the new facility and construction began. Although the new facility was not completed, the Seminoles began playing on their new field in the fall of 1998. The 1999 season marked the first full season in the new 1,600-seat Seminole Soccer Complex, which is regarded as one of the nation's best with its new top-playing surface. The two-level Mary Ann Stiles & Barry Smith Team Building houses the coaches' offices which overlook the soccer field, a reception area, a combined workroom, large team and coaches locker rooms, visiting team locker rooms and training and equipment rooms. The team building will undergo a multi-million dollar renovation to the second floor beginning in October 2008 with an expected completion date in June 2009. The expansion to the second floor will include new offices, a team meeting room, tradition space for both sports and a player lounge. Although the Seminole Soccer Complex is still one of the newest facilities on the Florida State campus, FSU's commitment to the success of the soccer program continues to show with the latest upgrade to the facility. Florida State unveiled a brand new video scoreboard in 2006. The Seminole Soccer Complex now has a capacity of 2,000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seminoles.com/fls/32900/SOC/2015-FSU-Quick-Facts.pdf?ATCLID=210399396&SPSID=917036&SPID=157114&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=32900 |title=2015 Florida State Seminole Soccer |access-date=October 8, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070550/http://www.seminoles.com/fls/32900/SOC/2015-FSU-Quick-Facts.pdf?ATCLID=210399396&SPSID=917036&SPID=157114&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=32900 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''Apalachee Regional Park'''
:Apalachee Regional Park is the home course for the [[Florida State Seminoles cross country|Florida State Seminoles men's and women's cross country]] teams.

==Notable alumni==
{{Main|List of Florida State University athletes}}
A number of FSU alumni have found success in professional sports, with 123 active alumni competing in sports including basketball, football, baseball and golf.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 5, 2017|title=Noles In The Pros|url=https://seminoles.com/fans-noles-in-the-pros/|access-date=June 25, 2020|website=Florida State Seminoles|language=en-US|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401154000/https://seminoles.com/fans-noles-in-the-pros/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===FSU Hall of Fame===
The first [[hall of fame]] class was inducted in 1977.<ref name=ByYearOfInduction/>
*For a list of inductees by sport, see footnote<ref>{{cite web|title=Traditions: FSU Hall of Fame (by sport)|publisher=Florida State University|work=Seminoles.com (FSU official athletic site)|url=http://seminoles.cstv.com/trads/fsu-trads-hall-new.html|access-date=July 1, 2007|archive-date=April 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419065606/http://seminoles.cstv.com/trads/fsu-trads-hall-new.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*For a list of inductees by year of induction, see footnote<ref name=ByYearOfInduction>{{cite web|title=Traditions: FSU Hall of Fame (by year of induction)|publisher=Florida State University|work=Seminoles.com (FSU official athletic site)|url=http://www.seminoles.com/trads/fsu-trads-hall-induct.html|access-date=January 21, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202232553/http://www.seminoles.com/trads/fsu-trads-hall-induct.html|archive-date=February 2, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*For a list of inductees by alphabetical order, see footnote<ref>{{cite web|title=Traditions: FSU Hall of Fame (by alphabetical order)|publisher=Florida State University|work=Seminoles.com (FSU official athletic site)|url=http://www.seminoles.com/trads/fsu-trads-hall-alpha.html|access-date=January 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211153428/http://www.seminoles.com/trads/fsu-trads-hall-alpha.html|archive-date=February 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Olympians===
FSU alums have competed at the [[Olympic Games]], winning seventeen medals: six golds, four silvers, and seven bronzes. Florida State has sent athletes to every edition of the summer games since the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], sending a school-record 26 Olympians in [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C9uklHSpZ5V/|publisher=Seminole Boosters|title=Noles in the Olympics|date=July 22, 2024}}</ref>
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|[[Katherine Rawls]]||United States||[[1932 Summer Olympics]], [[1936 Summer Olympics]]
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|Rafael A. Lecuona||Cuba||[[1948 Summer Olympics]], [[1952 Summer Olympics]], [[1956 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Bill Roetzheim||United States||[[1948 Summer Olympics]], [[1952 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Don Holder||United States||[[1952 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Margaret Coomber||Great Britain||[[1972 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Danny Smith||Bahamas||[[1972 Summer Olympics]], [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Phil Boggs]]||United States||[[1976 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Wendy Fuller]]||Canada||[[1980 Summer Olympics]], [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Bradley Cooper (athlete)|Bradley Cooper]]||Bahamas||[[1984 Summer Olympics]], [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Orvill Dwyer-Brown||Jamaica||[[1984 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Brenda Cliette||United States||[[1984 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Esmeralda Garcia]]||Brazil||[[1984 Summer Olympics]], [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Randy Givens]]||United States||[[1984 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Walter McCoy (athlete)|Walter McCoy]]||United States||[[1984 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Marita Payne]]||Canada||[[1984 Summer Olympics]], [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Angela Wright-Scott||United States||[[1984 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Arthur Blake (middle-distance runner)|Arthur Blake]]||United States||[[1988 Summer Olympics]], [[1992 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Michelle Finn-Burrell]]||United States||[[1992 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Tom Reither||Chile||[[1992 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Keam Ang||Malaysia||[[1996 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Kim Batten]]||United States||[[1996 Summer Olympics]], [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Rob Braknis]]||Canada||[[1996 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Brandon Dedekind||South Africa||[[1996 Summer Olympics]], [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Nelson Mora]]||Venezuela||[[1996 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Julio Santos]]||Ecuador||[[1996 Summer Olympics]], [[2000 Summer Olympics]], [[2004 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Samantha George]]||Canada||[[2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Iain Harnden]]||Zimbabwe||[[2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Jayson Jones]]||Belize||[[2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Doug Mientkiewicz]]||United States||[[2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Wickus Neinaber||Swaziland||[[2000 Summer Olympics]], [[2004 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Stephen Parry (swimmer)|Stephen Parry]]||Great Britain||[[2000 Summer Olympics]], [[2004 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Brett Peterson||South Africa||[[2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Tal Stricker]]||Israel||[[2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Brian Dzingai]]||Zimbabwe||[[2004 Summer Olympics]], [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Golda Marcus]]||El Salvador||[[2004 Summer Olympics]], [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Chris Vythoulkas]]||Bahamas||[[2004 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Kimberly Walker||Trinidad & Tobago||[[2004 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Yuruby Alicart]]||Venezuela||[[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Gonzalo Barroilhet]]||Chile||[[2008 Summer Olympics]], [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Jonathan Borlée]]||Belgium||[[2008 Summer Olympics]], [[2012 Summer Olympics]], [[2016 Summer Olympics]], [[2020 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Kevin Borlée]]||Belgium||[[2008 Summer Olympics]], [[2012 Summer Olympics]], [[2016 Summer Olympics]], [[2020 Summer Olympics]], [[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Ricardo Chambers]]||Jamaica||[[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Rafeeq Curry]]||United States||[[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Walter Dix]]||United States||[[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Tom Lancashire (athlete)|Tom Lancashire]]||Great Britain||[[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Andrew Lemoncello]]||Great Britain||[[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Ngoni Makusha]]||Zimbabwe||[[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Barbara Parker (athlete)|Barbara Parker]]||Great Britain||[[2008 Summer Olympics]], [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Kaleigh Rafter||Canada||[[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Ariel Rittenhouse]]||United States||[[2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Dorian Scott]]||Jamaica||[[2008 Summer Olympics]], [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Mateo de Angulo]]||Colombia||[[2012 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Hannah England]]||Great Britain||[[2012 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Kemar Hyman]]||Cayman Islands||[[2012 Summer Olympics]], [[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Lacy Janson]]||United States||[[2012 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Maurice Mitchell]]||United States||[[2012 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Ciaran O'Lionaird]]||Ireland||[[2012 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Kimberly Williams (athlete)|Kimberly Williams]]||Jamaica||[[2012 Summer Olympics]], [[2016 Summer Olympics]], [[2020 Summer Olympics]], [[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Anne Zagre]]||Belgium||[[2012 Summer Olympics]], [[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Katrina Young (athlete)|Katrina Young]]||United States||[[2016 Summer Olympics]], [[2020 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Alonzo Russell (sprinter)|Alonzo Russell]]||Bahamas||[[2016 Summer Olympics]], [[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Stephen Newbold]]||Bahamas||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Shaquania Dorsett||Bahamas||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Stefan Brits||South Africa||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Kellion Knibb||Jamaica||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Violah Lagat]]||Kenya||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Marvin Bracy]]||United States||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Colleen Quigley]]||United States||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Pavel Sankovich]]||Belarus||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Nick Lucena||United States||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Linden Hall (athlete)|Linden Hall]]||Australia||[[2016 Summer Olympics]], [[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Susan Kuijken]]||Netherlands||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Leticia Romero]]||Spain||[[2016 Summer Olympics]], [[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Leonor Rodriguez]]||Spain||[[2016 Summer Olympics]], [[2020 Summer Olympics]], [[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Meme Jean||Haiti||[[2016 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Gabby Carole||Canada||[[2020 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Casey Krueger||United States||[[2020 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Emir Muratovic||Bosnia and Herzegovina||[[2020 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Ida Hulkko||Finland||[[2020 Summer Olympics]], [[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Julio Horrego||Honduras||[[2020 Summer Olympics]], [[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Izaak Bastian||Bahamas||[[2020 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Maria Conde||Spain||[[2020 Summer Olympics]], [[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Peter Varjasi||Germany||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Cristobal Del Solar||United States||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Adriaan Wildschutt||South Africa||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Emma Terebo||France||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Max Wilson||U.S. Virgin Islands||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Jeremiah Davis (long jumper)|Jeremiah Davis]]||United States||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Julio Horrego||Honduras||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Casey Krueger||United States||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Jenna Nighswonger]]||United States||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Morgane Metraux||Switzerland||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Jennifer Echegini|Onyi Echegini]]||Nigeria||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Gloria Muzito||Uganda||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Max McCusker||Ireland||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[Gabby Carle]]||Canada||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Gloria Muzito||Uganda||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Emily Sams||United States||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Andy Coscoran||Ireland||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Lauren Ryan||Australia||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|Ieva Zarankaite||Lithuania||[[2024 Summer Olympics]]
|}

==2006–2010 NCAA penalties==
{{Main|Florida State University academic-athletic scandal}}
The athletic department emerged in January 2010 from NCAA sanctions resulting from the discovery of academic cheating by athletes in 2006–2007. This discovery involved athletes in ten sports programs who were taking an online course in music history. An NCAA investigation resulted in scholarship limits and negation of wins involving compromised athletes.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/sports/ncaafootball/07ncaa.html | work=The New York Times | title=N.C.A.A. Penalizes Florida State for Academic Fraud | first=Lynn | last=Zinser | date=March 7, 2009 | access-date=May 2, 2010}}</ref>  Florida State appealed parts of the decision.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2009-04-23-fsu-appeal_N.htm | work=USA Today | title=Florida State formally appeals part of NCAA sanctions | date=April 23, 2009 | access-date=May 2, 2010 | first1=Steve | last1=Ellis | first2=Tallahassee | last2=Democrat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/seminoles/os-fsu-ncaa-appeal-bowden-01052010,0,413893.story |title=Florida State loses NCAA appeal; Bowden to lose victories |access-date=January 6, 2010 |archive-date=January 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108205937/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/seminoles/os-fsu-ncaa-appeal-bowden-01052010,0,413893.story |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jan/05/051159/fsu-loses-ncaa-appeal-must-vacate-wins/ |title=FSU loses NCAA appeal, must vacate wins |access-date=January 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203142457/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jan/05/051159/fsu-loses-ncaa-appeal-must-vacate-wins/ |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The penalties removed fourteen football wins from the career total of Seminoles football coach Bobby Bowden, yet the coach temporarily claimed the all-time record for Division 1 football wins in 2012 when a far larger number of victories was deducted from the career total of [[Pennsylvania State University]] football coach [[Joe Paterno]]. Paterno's wins were later reinstated, however, following an appeal from the Penn State Board of Trustees in January 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12179571/joe-paterno-111-wins-were-vacated-restored|title=Joe Paterno's 111 wins that were vacated will be restored|work=ESPN.com|date=January 16, 2015 }}</ref> leaving Coach Bowden with the 2nd all-time winningest record in Division 1 football.

Additionally, FSU vacated 22 wins in men's basketball, an NCAA post season baseball victory, one national championship in men's track and field, an NCAA tournament victory in women's basketball, as well as other wins in these and several other men's and women's sports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tomahawknation.com/2010/2/7/1299742/fsus-academic-fraud-scandal|title=FSU's Academic Fraud Scandal Finally Comes To An End |author=FrankDNole |work=Tomahawk Nation|date=February 7, 2010 }}</ref>

==References==
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