Is Deion Sanders a candidate for FSU job? Fact vs. fiction as Seminoles legend emerges on early lists

Could the Seminoles tap a program legend to bring FSU out of the ACC Almost immediately after Florida State fired seventh-year coach Mike Norvell on Sunday, former program legend Deion Sanders appeared on several potential candidate lists as an option to lead the Seminoles next. Would the Colorado coach, who's facing his own hot-seat pressure this season, really be one of FSU's first calls this cycle? The Seminoles are in the middle of a search for a new athletic director and have been at the forefront of private capital and private equity discussions in college athletics, hoping to generate revenue amid administrative chaos and an unsuitable revenue-generation structure, all while trying to keep up with the Joneses.

Sanders was not included in CBS Sports' initial reported options in Tallahassee as the program looks for stability during an era of change, nor was he mentioned on 247Sports' 21-person hot board that included currently unemployed and former FSU coach Jimbo Fisher. "While there is an appetite for someone who is an 'FSU guy,' it has been relayed from the top down that some of the baggage that comes with Deion is not desired as they commence this rebuild," Noles247 insider Kolby Crawford told CBS Sports on Monday. Since winning nine games in his second season with the Buffaloes in 2024 with a