{"id":141069,"date":"2026-02-02T20:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141069\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:27:17","slug":"gus-malzahn-retires-after-35-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141069\/","title":{"rendered":"Gus Malzahn retires after 35 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Florida State Seminoles offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn announced his retirement from coaching after 35 years in the business, including head coaching stints at Arkansas State, UCF, and Auburn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/47806545\/florida-state-oc-gus-malzahn-retires-35-years-coaching\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN sources indicated to the Worldwide Leader<\/a> that Malzahn made the decision due to family considerations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 35 years (15 high school, 20 college), I\u2019m grateful for the unbelievable journey God has allowed me to walk. It is time for me to step away from coaching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere are so many people to thank, and it starts with my beautiful wife, Kristi. We\u2019ve done this thing together and any success I\u2019ve had on the field, you deserve just as much credit as me,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CoachGusMalzahn\/status\/2018337384044098003\/photo\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Malzahn said in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTo my daughters, Kylie and Kenzie: thank you for the many sacrifices each of you made to allow me to live out my dream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThank you to the administrators throughout my career that gave me incredible opportunities along with the coaches I\u2019ve been blessed to work side by side with over the years, many of whom are lifelong friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLastly, I would like to thank all my former players. It\u2019s been the joy of a lifetime to coach you. I\u2019m proud of the many accomplishments and wins we had on the field, but what has brought me the most joy is seeing the husbands and fathers so many of you have become. Always remember to use your influence in a positive way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs I look ahead to this next season of my life, I am excited to spend more time with my family and focus on what the Lord is calling me to do next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell is expected to assume play calling duties in Malzahn\u2019s place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Monday, Florida State Seminoles offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn announced his retirement from coaching after 35 years in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3731,17762,4976,232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-141069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-florida-state-seminoles","9":"tag-gus-malzahn","10":"tag-mike-norvell","11":"tag-tallahassee","12":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","13":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}