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Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley hired as Maryland's football coach

A little more than 20 years after getting his first assistant coaching job at Maryland — and three years after being a finalist for the head coaching job that went to DJ DurkinMike Locksley will return to College Park as the school’s new coach, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Tuesday night.

Earlier Tuesday, Locksley was named as the winner of the 2018 Frank Broyles Award, named after the former Arkansas coach and college football analyst and given annually to the nation’s top assistant in the Football Bowl Subdivision.