FSUINSIDER.COM

As Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews addressed his retirement Tuesday evening on the practice field, nearly a dozen of his players stood behind him, looking at Andrews like a father figure.

Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews announced on Tuesday he will retire after the 2009 season. Andrews was hired by now-legendary head coach Bobby Bowden back in 1984 to orchestrate FSU’s vaunted defense that led the program to national championships in 1993 and 1999. “He’s been here 26 years and we’ve had such success and you just have to credit him with the success we’ve had …

Longtime FSU D-coordinator Andrews to retire after season

Veteran Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews is hanging up his whistle after 47 years coaching, including 26 years with the Seminoles. The architect of some of the nation’s best defenses that helped Florida State win a pair of national titles in the 1990s, Andrews announced his decision Tuesday in a handwritten statement.

Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews erased the doubt about his coaching future on Tuesday and announced the end of his storied career.

Longtime Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews is retiring after four decades of coaching and 26 years as one of Bobby Bowden’s assistants.

Longtime Florida State football defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews announced his retirement today, effective at the end of the 2009 season.

Bobby Bowden’s long-time defensive coordinator will step down at season’s end Mickey Andrews, whose dominant Florida State defenses were the foundation of the Seminoles’ dynasty years in the 1980s and ’90s, announced today his retirement effective the end of FSU’s season.

CLEMSON — Bobby Bowden ought to be able to coach at Florida State University “as long as he wants,” said Clemson University football coach Dabo Swinney today.

Without defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews, it can be argued, Florida State never becomes Florida State.