When one thinks of the success the Florida State football program has experienced, the first person that comes to mind is head coach Bobby Bowden. But even Bowden, who has spent more than a quarter of a century on the Seminole sidelines, has to answer to someone. That someone is Florida State Director of Athletics Dave Hart, Jr.In six plus years at the helm of the FSU athletic department, Hart has set a direction for the former women\'s college - it became co-educational in 1947 - that has established it as one of the pre-eminent academic and athletic institutions in Division I-A. Since coming to Tallahassee from East Carolina in 1995, Hart has overseen the expanding Seminoles\' athletics budget ($39 million at last check) and has spearheaded the university\'s first-ever capital campaign, a $70 million effort that according to Hart may reach its goal in just three more years. Other
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