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Path clears for Vince Tyra to be named new FSU athletic director

The path has cleared for Florida State University to hire its apparent first choice for a new athletic director.

A courtship that’s played out over the course of a week, Louisville Cardinals athletic director David Tyra is expected to take the same position in Tallahassee after the Louisville Board of Trustees voted to waive his non-compete and 30-day notice clauses, allowing him to take a position within the ACC and in a timeframe of less than a month.

The search for a new AD began following the resignation of incumbent David Coburn, announced December 1.