Earlier this month, longtime Florida State basketball head coach Leonard Hamilton announced he'd be retiring at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. The move sends the Seminoles into their first coaching search in over two decades as athletic director Michael Alford will look to make another quality hire as he's done in multiple other sports.

Boston Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell has emerged as a candidate for Florida State's head coaching vacancy, which will officially open when Leonard Hamilton retires at the end of the season, according to a report from Steve Bulpett of Heavy.