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Whatever misgivings Kevin Willard may have had about coaching basketball at Maryland, Buzz Williams' arrival shows the job is still pretty enticing.
U.S. News & World Report |
“It is an honor and privilege to be named the head coach of the University of Maryland men’s basketball team,” Williams said in a statement.
Reuters |
Williams, 52, has guided the Aggies to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances during his six seasons at the helm.
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With Damon Evans leaving for SMU, Maryland needs a new athletic director. The Terps don’t lack options for potential replacements.
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Maryland officially loses key figure in its Athletic DepartmentIn the midst of an NCAA Tournament run, Maryland athletics has officially lost its Athletic Director. Damon Evans, who was with Maryland since 2018, has left College Park and is heading to Texas to over see SMU's athletics as the Mustangs' Athletic Director.
The month of March was a turbulent one for the Maryland Terrapins, and that's putting it mildly. The University of Maryland is searching for a new Athletic Dire
Maryland is hiring Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams to succeed Kevin Willard, the school announced Tuesday. The Aggies coach will take over a program without a sitting athletic director after Maryland AD Damon Evans left for the same job at SMU last month.
Damon Evans is stepping down as Maryland’s athletic director to take the same position at Southern Methodist, the schools announced Friday. The move came as the Maryland men’s basketball team began play in the NCAA tournament here and as the women’s basketball team is set to host its NCAA tournament opener Saturday in College Park.
Kevin Willard deadpanned that — no, he hadn't heard the laundry list of complaints lodged against him by Maryland fans and former players and, well, the list goes on — that he threw his program under the bus and then happily got behind the wheel to steamroll over their carcass all while the Terrapins made a run to the Sweet 16.
SMU is hiring Maryland athletic director Damon Evans to serve in the same position, the school announced Friday. Evans will replace Rick Hart, who helped guide SMU into the ACC la
With uncertainty still lingering about what the program will look like moving forward, the first piece of Maryland’s puzzle was placed Wednesday with the formal introduction of Buzz Williams as its new men’s basketball coach.
There will likely be a long list of candidates to succeed Chet Gladchuk as the Naval Academy athletic director.