Florida State Seminoles
University	Florida State University
Conference	ACC (primary) CCSA (beach volleyball)
NCAA	Division I (FBS)
Athletic director	Michael Alford
Location	Tallahassee, Florida
First season	1901
Varsity teams	18 (8 men's, 10 women's)
Football stadium	Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium
Basketball arena	Tucker Center
Baseball stadium	Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
Softball stadium	Seminole Softball Complex
Soccer stadium	Seminole Soccer Complex
Aquatics center	Morcom Aquatics Center
Tennis venue	Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center
Other venues	Apalachee Regional Park Don Veller Seminole Golf Course Mike Long Track Tully Gymnasium
Mascot	Osceola and Renegade, Cimarron
Nickname	Noles
Fight song	Florida State University Fight Song
Colors	Garnet and gold[1]
Website	seminoles.com
Team NCAA championships
11

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

The Seminoles' athletic department fields 18 teams. They have collectively won 20 team national championships, 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, who reports to FSU President Richard D. McCullough and the Board of Trustees.

Overview

Florida State Athletics began in 1902 when the then Florida State College football teams played three seasons.^[2] The 1905 Buckman Act reorganized the existing seven Florida colleges into three institutions, segregated by race and gender. As a result of this reorganization, the coeducational Florida State College was renamed the Florida State College for Women.^[3] 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, in 1948, when other southern institutions seeking to create a "purely amateur" athletic conference based on the principle of complete amateurism, with no athletic scholarships. Three years later, FSU 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 in 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 complete, FSU was placed in the newly formed Atlantic Division.

Garnet	Gold	Black	White

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.^[4]

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.^[5] Florida State also uses turquoise accents on special occasions in various sports to honor the Seminole Tribe as the color represents “harmony, friendship, and fellowship” within Native American culture.^[6]

Mascot

History

The "Seminoles" name, chosen by students in a 1947 vote, alludes to Florida's Seminole people who in the early nineteenth century resisted efforts of the United States government to remove them from Florida.^[7] 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 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.^[8] 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.^[9][10]

Controversy

The use of names and images associated with Seminole history is officially sanctioned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida.^[11] 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".^[8]

In 2005, the National Collegiate Athletic Association adopted a policy intended to prevent their schools and athletic programs from using mascots and imagery that are "hostile or abusive" to racial and ethnic minorities.^[12] This included Native American mascots, and FSU was specifically flagged as a university with potentially offensive imagery.^[12] However, Florida State challenged the policy and was granted a waiver based on their "unique relationship" with the Seminole Tribe.^[13]

Though the Florida Seminole Tribal Council made this agreement, they only represent Florida's portion of the Seminole people.^[14] 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.^[14] 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".^[15] The American Psychological Association has made similar statements about the negative effects of Indigenous mascots, arguing that they promote stereotypes, establish a hostile environment, and undermine the Nations' ability to accurately represent their culture.^[16] 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".^[17]

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 of Florida to play both Florida and Miami each year in all sports. Most notable is the football rivalry with the Gators, who hold a 37–28–2 all-time lead against the Seminoles. The series began with Florida dominating the first two decades, but it has since become more balanced. The football rivalry with Miami dates back to 1951, when the Hurricanes defeated the Seminoles 35–13 in their inaugural meeting. The schools have played uninterrupted since 1966, with Miami holding the all-time advantage, 35–33; Florida State holds a 13–7 advantage since the Hurricanes joined the ACC and became a conference foe in 2004.

Florida State developed a rivalry with Clemson in the decades after first playing in 1970. 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. The two programs were then placed in the same division of the ACC after the 2004 season. This rivalry was particularly important from 2009-2020, as the winner of the game would go to the ACC Championship every year (Clemson in 2009, 2011, and 2015-2020, and Florida State in 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014). Florida State leads the all-time series 20–15.

Florida State also enjoys traditional baseball rivalries, as well as with Jacksonville.

Florida State University was founded with money donated by 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 Cavaliers found themselves different divisions and no longer play annually.

Athletic directors

Florida State has had 17 athletic directors in its history.^[18]

Teams

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Beach volleyball
Cross country	Cross country
Football	Golf
Golf	Soccer
Swimming and diving	Softball
Tennis	Swimming and diving
Track and field†	Tennis
	Track and field†
	Volleyball
	Lacrosse[19] (beginning in 2025-2026 season)
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Florida State University sponsors teams in eight men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.^[20] Florida State competes as a member of the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association in beach volleyball.

Baseball

Head coach
Link Jarrett	2nd Season
Dick Howser Trophy winners
Player	Year
J. D. Drew	1997
Buster Posey	2008

Florida State's baseball program is one of the most successful in collegiate sports, having been to twenty-three College World Series in fifty-nine 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).

Under the command of Head Coach No. 11 Mike Martin (FSU 1966) for forty years, Florida State is the second-winningest program in the history of college baseball. Since 1990, FSU has 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 championship.^[21]

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
ACC tournament champions	1995, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018
ACC regular-season champions	1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2012
ACC Atlantic Division Champions	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Basketball

Men's basketball

Head coach
Leonard Hamilton		22nd Season
Seminoles Men's Retired Numbers
No.	Player	Year
13	Dave Cowens	1968–70
Seminoles Men's Honored Numbers
No.	Player	Year
3	Bob Sura	1992–95
10	Sam Cassell	1991–93
25	Hugh Durham	1957–59
43	Dave Fedor	1960–62
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.^[22]

NCAA tournament appearances	1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
NIT appearances	1984, 1987, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016
ACC regular-season champions	2020
ACC tournament champions	2012

Women's basketball

Head coach
Brooke Wyckoff		3rd Season
Seminoles Women's Retired Numbers
No.	Player	Year
43	Sue Galkantas	1982–83
22	Wanda Burns	1987–91
30	Tia Paschal	1989–93
21	Brooke Wyckoff	1997–2001

The women's basketball program has made twenty-two 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.^[23]

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
WNIT appearances	1982, 2003, 2004
ACC regular-season champions	2009, 2010

Football

Head coach
Mike Norvell	4th season
Heisman Trophy winners
Player	Year
Charlie Ward	1993
Chris Weinke	2000
Jameis Winston	2013

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. 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, 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.^[24]

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.^[25] 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.^[26] 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.^[25] 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, Corey Simon, Anquan Boldin, Javon Walker, Warrick Dunn, Peter Boulware, Laveranues Coles, Brad Johnson, Samari Rolle, Christian Ponder, Peter Warrick, Jalen Ramsey, Dalvin Cook, Jameis Winston, Darnell Dockett, Dustin Hopkins, Kelvin Benjamin, Graham Gano, Björn Werner, Rodney Hudson, and many others; other notable players include Burt Reynolds and Lee Corso.

National champions	1993, 1999, 2013
Playoff appearances	2014
ACC Champions	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2023
ACC Atlantic Division Champions	2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
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

The Seminoles have made thirty-seven NCAA tournament appearances including twenty-five national championship appearances and eighteen regionals. Florida State has won thirteen conference championships. The Seminoles have appeared in fourteen 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, Hogan Award, and Nicklaus Award.

Women's golf

The Seminoles have made eight AIWA tournament appearances, twenty-seven NCAA tournament appearances including twelve national championship appearances and twenty-four regionals. Florida State has won three conference championships.

Women's soccer

Head coach
Brian Pensky	2nd season
Hermann Trophy winner
Player	Year
Mami Yamaguchi	2007
Jaelin Howell	2020, 2021
Onyi Echegini	2023

Since adding soccer as a sport, Florida State has made twenty-four appearances in the NCAA tournament and fourteen appearances in the College Cup. The Seminoles won national championships in 2014, 2018, 2021, and 2023, with additional national title appearances in 2007, 2013, and 2020.^[27]

NCAA Champions	2014, 2018, 2021, 2023
NCAA College Cup appearances	2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
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
ACC tournament champions	2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
ACC regular-season champions	2009, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2023

Softball

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