Bobby Bowden is retiring, according to Tallahassee Democrat and ESPN reports. Florida State football coach 80-year-old Robert Cleckler Bowden also known as Bobby Bowden has decided a conditional retirement after a Monday meeting with university president and athletic director.

The college football coach to Florida State Seminoles football team since 1976, Robert Cleckler Bowden who did a lot for the FSU, is finally retiring. Bobby not only brought his team back on the winning track but also led them to win outside the playground. It was Bobby’s dedication that enabled FSU to win an Associated Press & Coaches Poll National Title in the year 1003. Again in the year 1999, another awarded awaited the FSU i.e. BCS National Championship National Title.

According to the updates provided on Monday by both the Tallahassee Democrat and ESPN.com, there was a high ranked meeting in the office of the university president T.K. Wetherell while the athletic director Randy Spetman was also present. The reports claim that the coach that turned the Seminoles into a national power, Bobby Bowden has offered a conditional retirement; he will either retire on Tuesday or would return to stay on a relevantly moderate or restrained role.

Now if the university management agrees to and considers his options, Bobby Bowden would be enjoying a the role of a head coach with reduced responsibilities while Jimbo Fisher, the offensive coordinator and would-be head coach for Seminoles, would tackle the major decision making.

Tallahassee Democrat and ESPN reports claim that the retirement is final and the same is evident from an Associated Press report published on Monday that claims Bobby’s in the middle of kind filtration process; he’s sifting the available options. However, when asked to confirm the news, sources close to FSU’s next plan were found either reluctant to reveal any information or denied the reports completely.

Dexter Carter (former FSU running backs coach), Budd Thacker (a senior defensive tackle), Candi Fisher (Jimbo Fisher’s wife) and few other university officials were of the opinion that since Bobby’s contract lasts till 2010, he should be allowed to continue.

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