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Bowden Back For 2009

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The Associated Press

Published: January 10, 2009

TALLAHASSEE - Bobby Bowden says he will be back for a 34th season as coach at Florida State.

The 79-year-old Bowden said Friday that details of his new contract are being finalized. He also said his longtime defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews will return.

Bowden earns slightly more than $2 million a year.

Bowden's 382 career wins are one fewer than Penn State's 82-year-old Joe Paterno, who is the winningest coach in major college football.

Florida State was 9-4 in 2008 and finished No. 21 in the final Associated Press poll.

Tech's Crabtree Leaving For NFL

DALLAS - Michael Crabtree's father says the Texas Tech receiver is going to the NFL, according to a newspaper report.

His father, also named Michael Crabtree, told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on Friday that draft projections in the top 10 were too good to pass up. His dad says a nagging ankle problem in 2008 raised concerns about bigger injuries next season.

The receiver's father declined to comment to The Associated Press on Friday, saying his son - a two-time Biletnikoff winner as the nation's top receiver - was planning a Tuesday news conference to discuss his future.

He is eligible for the NFL draft as a redshirt sophomore because he is three years removed from high school.

ALABAMA: Running back Glen Coffee told the Mobile Press-Register he is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft.

BYU: Receiver Austin Collie is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft.

CAL POLY: The school got its new coach from the program that wooed its old one, hiring Army offensive coordinator Tim Walsh two weeks after Rich Ellerson the left the Mustangs to take over the Cadets.

CLEMSON: Alabama assistant Kevin Steele was hired as defensive coordinator.

MARYLAND: Hired Massachusetts head coach Don Brown as defensive coordinator.

MISSOURI: All-America wide receiver and return specialist Jeremy Maclin is turning pro.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Quarterback Chris Smelley is leaving the team to play baseball at Alabama. Smelley's move leaves freshman Stephen Garcia (Jefferson) as the only experienced quarterback on next year's roster.

The school hired Middle Tennessee State offensive coordinator G.A. Mangus as QB coach. Mangus was a quarterback at Florida (1988-1991) and was part of Coach Steve Spurrier's first SEC championship team his senior season.

WEST VIRGINIA: Offensive lineman Greg Isdaner is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft.

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