{"id":2160,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2160","headline":"Florida State hires Jeff Purinton as athletic director","dek":"The FSU alum and former Arkansas State AD now faces the job of finding Mike Norvell's replacement at football coach.","body":"Florida State has its new athletic director. The Seminoles are set to hire Jeff Purinton, a former Arkansas State AD and FSU alum, ending a search that had dragged on while the football program sat without direction at the top.\n\nPurinton's first order of business arrives immediately: finding a replacement for Mike Norvell, whose exit leaves the Seminoles needing a new football coach. That search was effectively on hold until the school settled on its athletic director, and now the real work starts.\n\nFor FSU, getting the AD hire done is a formality compared to what comes next. The football coaching search carries far more weight for a program that has leaned on its football identity for decades, and Purinton inherits that pressure on day one.\n\nNo timeline has been given for how quickly the coaching search will move, but the expectation is that it becomes the immediate focus now that the administrative piece is in place.","published_at":"2026-11-11T00:18:23.830842+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Florida State to hire Jeff Purinton as AD: FSU taps alum amid coaching search to replace Mike Norvell","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/florida-state-hires-jeff-purinton-athletic-director-coaching-search/"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Florida State hiring Jeff Purinton as AD. Next up: Replacing football coach Mike Norvell","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7767641/2026/11/09/fsu-athletic-director-jeff-purinton-football-candidates/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Reports: Florida State hiring Jeff Purinton as athletic director","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/reports-florida-state-hiring-jeff-143349434.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Breaking: FSU to hire Jeff Purinton as athletic director","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/breaking-fsu-hire-jeff-purinton-144048237.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Florida State to hire Jeff Purinton as next Athletic Director","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/florida-state-hire-jeff-purinton-153416580.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Jeff Purinton journey from Florida State SID to new athletic director","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jeff-purinton-journey-florida-state-153115954.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"FSU president releases statement on Jeff Purinton hire","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/fsu-president-releases-statement-jeff-161539391.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"FSU athletic director Jeff Purinton's resume","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/fsu-athletic-director-jeff-purintons-163508530.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Florida State hires Jeff Purinton as athletics director","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/florida-state-hires-jeff-purinton-165219438.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Social media reacts to FSU hiring Jeff Purinton","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/social-media-reacts-fsu-hiring-165034797.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Florida State’s new AD learned under Nick Saban. 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