# List of Florida State Seminoles head football coaches

The Florida State Seminoles college football team represents the Florida State University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Seminoles compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 13 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1902 season. Since December 2019, Mike Norvell has served as head coach at Florida State.
Seven coaches have led Seminoles in postseason bowl games: Tom Nugent, Bill Peterson, Larry Jones, Bobby Bowden, Jimbo Fisher, Odell Haggins, and Norvell. Four of those coaches also won conference championships: Don Veller captured three as a member of the Dixie Conference; Bowden captured twelve, Fisher three, and Norvell one as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Bowden is the leader in overall wins and seasons coached with 304 wins during his 34 years as head coach. Fisher has the highest winning percentage at 0.783. Ed Williamson has the lowest winning percentage at 0.000. Of the 13 different head coaches who have led the Seminoles, Bowden and Darrell Mudra have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

## Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

## Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | W. W. Hughes | 1902–1903 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.611 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Jack Forsythe | 1904 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Ed Williamson | 1947 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Don Veller | 1948–1952 | 44 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0.716 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| 5 | Tom Nugent | 1953–1958 | 63 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 0.548 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Perry Moss | 1959 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Bill Peterson | 1960–1970 | 115 | 62 | 42 | 11 | 0.587 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Larry Jones | 1971–1973 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0.441 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Darrell Mudra$^†$ | 1974–1975 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0.182 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Bobby Bowden$^†$ | 1976–2009 | 405 | 304 | 97 | 4 | 0.756 | 105 | 27 | 0 | 0.795 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 2 1993 1999 | Bobby Dodd COY (1980) Walter Camp COY (1991) ACC COY (1993, 1997) |
| 11 | Jimbo Fisher | 2010–2017 | 106 | 83 | 23 | — | 0.783 | 48 | 16 | — | 0.750 | 5 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 2013 | — |
| Int. | Odell Haggins | 2017 2019 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.667 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 12 | Willie Taggart | 2018–2019 | 21 | 9 | 12 | — | 0.429 | 6 | 9 | — | 0.400 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| 13 | Mike Norvell | 2020–present | 60 | 33 | 27 | — | 0.550 | 20 | 20 | — | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | Bobby Dodd COY (2023) Paul "Bear" Bryant COY (2023 ACC COY (2023) |