Florida State University Seminoles
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| University | Florida State University |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| NCAA | Division I FBS |
| Athletic director | Stan Wilcox |
| Location | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Varsity teams | 20 (9 men's, 11 women's) |
| Football stadium | Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Donald L. Tucker Center |
| Baseball stadium | Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium |
| Soccer stadium | Seminole Soccer Complex |
| Other arenas |
JoAnne Graf Field Tully Gymnasium Mcintosh Track and Field Building Don Veller Seminole Golf Course Sand Volleyball Courts Speicher Tennis Center Morcom Aquatics Center |
| Symbol | Osceola and Renegade |
| Mascot | Cimarron |
| Nickname | Noles |
| Fight song | Florida State University Fight Song |
| Colors | Garnet and Gold |
| Website | www |
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The Florida State Seminoles are the athletic teams representing Florida State University located in Tallahassee, Florida. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision sub-level for football), primarily competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for all sports since the 1991–92 season; within the Atlantic Division in any sports split into a divisional format since the 2005–06 season.
The Seminoles' athletic department fields 20 teams. They have collectively won 17 team national championships, and over 100 team conference championships, as well as numerous individual national and conference titles.
Florida State Athletics began in 1902 when the then Florida State College football teams played three seasons. The 1905 Buckman Act reorganized the existing seven Florida colleges into three institutions, segregated by race and gender. As a result of this reorganization, the coeducational Florida State College was renamed the Florida State College for Women. The Florida State University became a co-ed institution in 1947 with most of the newly enrolled male students back from service in World War II. The "Seminoles" name, chosen by students in a 1947 vote, alludes to Florida's Seminole people who in the early nineteenth century resisted efforts of the United States government to remove them from Florida. Since 1978 the teams have been represented by the symbols Osceola and Renegade. The symbol represents an actual historical figure, Seminole war leader Osceola, whose clothing represents appropriate period dress. The athletic logo, in use since the early 1970s, shows a profile of a shouting Seminole warrior in circle. The model for the logo was Florida State music faculty member Thomas Wright, composer of the Florida State University Fight Song and Victory Song. The use of names and images associated with Seminole history is officially sanctioned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Athletic programs resumed and Florida State fielded its first football team in 43 years with FSU facing Stetson on October 18, 1947.
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