ESPN.com · Jul 28, 2016
D.J. Durkin forges own, intense path with Maryland
Maryland coach D.J. Durkin on learning from mentors like Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh: "I've taken stuff from all of them. That's coaching."CHICAGO -- When Maryland hired D.J. Durkin as its new head coach this offseason, the school must have been impressed with the references section of his résumé.
Durkin has worked under both Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh, experiences that would immediately grab the attention of any athletic director in the Big Ten -- or anywhere else, for that matter. Meyer and Harbaugh are the two rock stars of the Big Ten right now, as evidenced by their hammer slots in the coaches' speaking lineups on Monday and Tuesday of the league's media days.