Citing his desire to be the leader of a Maryland football family with hopes of reviving a mediocre program in terms of its performance and helping the players recover from the death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair last June, Mike Locksley was introduced as the new coach of the Terps on Thursday morning.
Calling it “a dream job for me,” Locksley recalled coming to basketball games at Cole Field House and football games at Byrd Stadium during the mid-1980s and thinking about becoming a football coach.
“I grew up rooting for the Terps, and if you know anything about the Terps, man, in the mid-1980s, they were a tough, tough team,” Locksley said.