For Maryland football head coach Mike Locksley, the vision of a state-of-the-art football facility dates back to late 2001. The running backs coach and recruiting coordinator under then-head coach Ralph Friedgen, Locksley remembers the prep prior to the 2002 Orange Bowl.
“We had to practice on ice outside [on] practice fields, and then we had to call and beg the Washington Football Team to use their indoor facility to help us get ready,” Locksley recalled.
Future Maryland football teams that compete in December or January won’t have that struggle as the Jones-Hill House, the new home for Maryland football, was officially unveiled Friday.