{"id":1938,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1938","headline":"Brian Kelly wants the Florida State job back","dek":"The former LSU and Notre Dame coach says leading the Seminoles would be an honor, with the job open after Mike Norvell's firing.","body":"Florida State fired Mike Norvell on Sunday, Nov. 1, after the Seminoles started the season 3-5, and the list of people who want his old job is already growing. Brian Kelly, speaking on SiriusXM, said taking over at Florida State would be \"an honor and a privilege,\" citing his past ties to the program as a reason he wants back in.\n\nKelly is currently working as a pundit for CBS Sports after being let go by LSU midway through the 2025 season. His career also includes a run at Notre Dame that didn't end the way he wanted. Despite recent setbacks, Kelly argues the Florida State brand still carries weight in college football, pointing to the program's history and tradition as reasons it remains a desirable destination for an experienced coach.\n\nFlorida State's search is just getting started, and outlets covering the Seminoles have begun circulating hot boards of potential candidates. Whoever takes the job inherits a program under pressure to prove it can compete with the sport's current heavyweights, a challenge that contributed to Norvell's exit in the first place.","published_at":"2026-11-05T22:49:59.635323+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Florida State football coaching search 2026: Candidates, hot board, top names to watch from Seminoles experts","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/florida-state-football-coaching-search-2026-candidates-hot-board-biggest-names-to-watch/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Following Failure at FSU and Notre Dame, Brian Kelly Eyes Florida State Job","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/following-failure-fsu-notre-dame-132222046.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"'We're not Ohio State or Miami': Inside Florida State's ongoing nightmare","url":"https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50379360/florida-state-mike-norvell-collapse"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"‘Great history’ – Former LSU head coach expresses interest in Florida State job","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/great-history-former-lsu-head-104000095.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"How QB was the defining position of Mike Norvell's FSU football tenure","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/qb-defining-position-mike-norvells-110403531.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Paul Finebaum questions the appeal of FSU's opening","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/paul-finebaum-questions-appeal-fsus-213110521.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Florida State finding perfect Mike Norvell replacement might not be as easy as it seems","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/florida-state-finding-perfect-mike-220157672.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2026/11/05/5ba58fff-51d7-4b32-ae96-3058598288b9/manny-diaz-duke-blue-devils-imagn.jpg","credit":"CBS Sports","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}