The first coaching domino has fallen….and it’s well past time: Mike Locksley is out with the Terrapins….RIP to the Maryland Fade
Early Break – 93.7 The Ticket KNTKShow Notes
-To absolutely no one’s surprise, Mike Locksley is no longer that head coach at Maryland---we all thought he’d probably be out on Sunday or Monday following the loss to Rutgers, but he was fired on a Wednesday morning of a bye week -The Maryland Fade had become a staple of the show, and maybe with a new coach it won’t be that way anymore---Locksley ends his tenure with the Terps with a 39-54 record---and what really hurts is ending last season on an 8-game losing streak and bringing him back, while Bob Chesney at nearby James Madison went across the country to have immediate success at UCLA…could have been the guy at Maryland! The interim head coach is Aazaar Abdul-Rahim for the rest of the year…Locksley is owed $9.75 million.
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