The Florida State football team met with coach Mike Norvell on Thursday after a star player accused the coach of lying about personally connecting with each player to discuss the police killing of George Floyd and ensuing protests against racial injustice.
Florida State athletic director David Coburn was making a scheduled appearance on a call with the school's Board of Trustees later Thursday when he spoke about the online meeting involving the Seminoles players and Norvell, who has been on the job for about six months. “I want to tell you that coach just finished a closed team meeting with the football team,” Coburn told the board. "I’m told the dialogue was open and very candid and that it went well.