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Maryland football looks to cultivate player leadership, navigate roster turnover in fall camp

Maryland football head coach Michael Locksley said at Big Ten Media Day he doesn’t think there’s a difference between being a coach and a teacher in his locker room. The 2024 season put his ability as the latter to the test.

“We had haves and have-nots in our locker room [in 2024] for the first time,” Locksley said. “The landscape of college football taught me a valuable lesson, that it’s important for me even in the midst of this change to continue to educate our players on the importance of playing for something bigger than yourself ... if I gotta put my desk in the locker room this year, I will.