{"id":18172,"date":"2018-12-05T07:44:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T07:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2018\/12\/05\/u-of-maryland-hires-michael-locksley-to-lead-football-team-in-time-of-tumult\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T07:44:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T07:44:52","slug":"u-of-maryland-hires-michael-locksley-to-lead-football-team-in-time-of-tumult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/u-of-maryland-hires-michael-locksley-to-lead-football-team-in-time-of-tumult\/","title":{"rendered":"U. Of Maryland Hires Michael Locksley To Lead Football Team In Time Of Tumult"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Michael Locksley, seen here in 2015 during a previous stint with the Maryland Terrapins, has been hired as head coach of the university’s football team. He replaces DJ Durkin, whose tenure ended in controversy over a player’s death earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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Just over a month since the University of Maryland fired DJ Durkin, dismissing the football coach amid a months-long controversy over a player’s death, the school has named the man set to replace him: Alabama Offensive Coordinator Michael Locksley.<\/p>\n

“As we narrowed the search for the individual best suited to lead our program, Michael not only stood out for his talent as a coach,” Maryland’s director of athletics, Damon Evans, said in Tuesday’s announcement<\/a>, “but most importantly for the role he has played as a mentor to student-athletes throughout his career and his deep commitment to helping them grow into leaders on and off the field.”<\/p>\n

It will not be Locksley’s first stop on campus in College Park, Md. Locksley, whose work with Alabama just earned him the 2018 Broyles Award<\/a> as college football’s top assistant coach, has already served two stints as an assistant at Maryland. After then-coach Randy Edsall was fired, Locksley also acted as the Terrapins’ interim head coach for part of the 2015 season \u2014 before leaving to join the Crimson Tide the next year.<\/p>\n