How much does Florida State pay players (revenue share / NIL budget)?
The House revenue-share cap is $20.5M in 2025–26 and $21.58M ($21,583,913) in 2026–27. Florida State hasn't released how much of that it has actually paid out.
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Florida State: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.
How much does Florida State football make and spend?
FY2025 football spending for Florida State is $83,267,924. That figure is spending, not football revenue. We don't have a reported football revenue figure for Florida State yet.
What does Florida State pay its coach, and what's the buyout?
Mike Norvell's pay at Florida State is $10,300,000 as of February 16, 2024. The buyout is $48,839,445 as of October 1, 2026. Source: FSU 7th Amendment to 2019 EA (Dec. 13, 2024) via DocumentCloud / Tallahassee Democrat.
Who is Florida State's athletic director?
Bruce Warwick is Interim athletics director at Florida State. Florida State fired athletics director Michael Alford without cause on Sept. 14, 2026. Senior associate athletics director Bruce Warwick is interim athletics director, and a national search is underway. Warwick's pay is not public. The amount owed to Alford is not public. Alford's prior salary schedule is not this chair's pay. Sources: AP via WTOP; Reuters.