Mike Locksley ended his first practice as Maryland’s interim head football coach Wednesday morning in conversation with Athletic Director Kevin Anderson. They stood in the center of the turf field — the administrator with a second chance at hiring a football coach and the football coach looking for a second chance — while players running past craned their necks to eavesdrop.
Locksley wished they wouldn’t.
“I have zero expectations about getting this job,” he said a few minutes later. “I just want to do the best job I can for the next seven weeks as the leader of the program.