=== Report: Bowden to announce retirement Tuesday ===

Tallahassee, FL (Sports Network) - It appears Bobby Bowden's legendary 34-year
tenure as the head coach at Florida State will come to an end Tuesday.

The Tallahassee Democrat reported Monday night that Bowden will announce his
retirement. The newspaper reports Bowden is expected to be offered a non-
coaching position at the school for an unspecified amount of time. He's also
reportedly entitled to $1 million upon his retirement as part of a clause in
his coaching contract.

The newspaper reported that Bowden met with school president T.K. Wetherell
and athletic director Randy Spetman for about an hour on Monday morning. The
legendary coach told a group at a booster luncheon that he will again talk
with Wetherell and Spetman on Tuesday.

Bowden has stated that he wanted to return for the 2010 season, which would
have been his 35th at the school.

The Seminoles are just 6-6 in 2009 and finished 4-4 in the Atlantic Coast
Conference, but they are expected to receive a bowl invitation for the
28th consecutive season. It's unclear if Bowden will coach that bowl......