Bowden decision expected today
TALLAHASSEE (AP) – Bobby Bowden says there will be an announcement Tuesday on his coaching future at Florida State.
The 80-year-old coach met with Florida State President T.K. Wetherell and athletic director Randy Spetman for an hour Monday in Bowden’s office.
“We’ll finalize it tomorrow,” Bowden told reporters as he departed a weekly booster luncheon. “We talked about our options.”
Bowden has said before making a decision he had to do some soul searching, which likely includes mulling over the division of responsibility between he and coach-in-waiting Jimbo Fisher – especially over changes in the assistant coaching ranks. Fisher, the offensive coordinator, receives $5 million from Florida State if he’s not the head coach by January 2011.
Bowden, whose 388 career wins are second only to Penn State’s Joe Paterno among major college coaches, has also said he could not return as a head coach with no authority.