Sources close to the situation tell ESPN.com that legendary Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden is expected to announce his retirement at a press conference Tuesday morning.
According to sources, Bowden was giving the option to comeback for one more year as a “figurehead” and an ambassador for the team. If Bowden accepted that offer he would have had little to do with the programs day to day operations. Bowden declined the option, and will retire after the Seminoles’ upcoming bowl game.
Florida State’s offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher was named the Seminoles’ “coach in waiting” near the end of the 2007 season. Fisher has reportedly agreed to terms of a contract that would make him the head coach starting in 2010. Next season will mark the first season since 1983 in which neither Bobby Bowden nor defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews will be patrolling the Florida State sidelines. Before the start of the season Andrews announced that 2009 would be his last.
Recent decline of the program aside Bobby Bowden has to be looked at as one of the greatest if not the greatest college football coaches of all time. Bowden’s 388 career victories are second on the all time list for college football winningest coaches…Bowden trails only Penn State’s Joe Paterno. Bowden built this program, He is Florida State, and few other coaches can say that about the program they coached. Prior to Bowden coaching down in Tallahassee Florida State’s all time record was 148-132-14, it’s now 457-223-18…I’ll do the math for you…Bowden’s record at FSU was 309-91-4, and he averaged over 9 wins a season. Three words…HALL OF FAMER, and that’s before I mention his 2 national championships, 12 ACC championships, 2 Heisman trophy winners, 20 bowl victories(including a streak of 11 straight victories), and a 15 year streak in which Florida State finished the season in the top 5.
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It will be strange not seeing Bowden on the sidelines for Florida State; he certainly had a phenomenal career and will be missed by the fans
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