Top officials of the University System of Maryland will meet Wednesday with members of the state’s congressional delegation to discuss the system’s handling of its varsity football program since the heatstroke death of a College Park football player.
Chancellor Robert Caret and Board of Regents Chairwoman Linda Gooden are expected to brief both of Maryland’s U.S. senators and at least five of its eight representatives on developments involving the state’s flagship campus.
University of Maryland, College Park, President Wallace Loh fired Terrapins coach DJ Durkin on Oct. 31, saying members of the campus community and others “expressed serious concerns about coach DJ Durkin returning to the campus.