Bobby Bowden will end his 44-year coaching career after Florida State plays in a bowl game.
Bowden will retire as the second winningest coach in major-college football behind Penn State's Joe Paterno. The 80-year-old Bowden has won 388 games at Samford, West Virginia and Florida State, where he spent the past 34 seasons.
"We've got one more game and I look forward to enjoying these next few weeks as the head football coach," Bowden said Tuesday in a statement released by the school.
Florida State's bowl game has not been determined. The Seminoles are 6-6.
Bowden won two national titles with Florida State, in 1993 and 1999. Among his top achievement is a string of 14 consecutive seasons ending in 2000 when the Seminoles won at least 10 games and finished ranked in the top five of the AP poll. Florida State was 152-19-1, an .864 winning percentage, during that span. He has a 315-97-4 record with the Seminoles.
FSU officials announced after the 2007 season that offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher would succeed Bowden.
Spartans suspend eight players
Michigan State has suspended eight football players in the fallout from a disturbance at a campus dormitory last month. Coach Mark Dantonio suspended starting receivers Mark Dell and B.J. Cunningham, and defensive back Chris L. Rucker. Dantonio earlier dismissed running back Glenn Winston and defensive back Roderick Jenrette. Others suspended are reserves: running back Ashton Leggett, receiver Fred Smith, defensive back Brynden Trawick, defensive lineman Ishmyl Johnson and linebacker Jamiihr Williams. ... Southern Methodist announced it will play in the Hawaii Bowl. It's the first bowl for SMU since the Aloha Bowl in 1984. ... A grateful Ralph Friedgen will return in 2010, eager to rebound from his worst season as Maryland's head football coach (1-10).
