“Touchdown, Florida State.”
The famed words often spoken by longtime Florida State football voice Gene Deckerhoff are immortalized in the heads of Seminole fans across the country.
And while his words echo only through highlights now, Deckerhoff’s name will remain part of the Seminoles’ program forever, with the university announcing in a social media post that it has named the Doak Campbell Stadium radio booth after the broadcaster.
The video shows Deckerhoff inside the radio booth before head coach Mike Norvell FaceTimes him and breaks the news.
“It’s my tremendous honor to tell you that you are actually standing in the new Gene Deckerhoff radio booth right here at Florida State and Doak Campbell Stadium,” Norvell said.
“What a tremendous honor, and Go Noles,” Deckerhoff said in response.
Who is Gene Deckerhoff? Longtime FSU, Bucs voice
Deckerhoff began calling Seminole men’s basketball games in 1974 and assumed FSU football play-by-play duties in 1979. He retired from his role with FSU in 2022 and from his post with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the conclusion of the 2025 season.
His voice is legendary in Tallahassee and Tampa, and his “Touchdown” calls emphasized some of the biggest moments in both FSU and Buccaneers history.
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Liam Rooney covers Florida State athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at LRooney@gannett.com or on Twitter @__liamrooney.
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