Teams That Switch Head Coaches Right Before Week 1 Do About as Well as You'd Think

As Maryland weighs D.J. Durkin's future, it's worth a look back at how teams fared without the other coaches who made surprise late-summer exits this decade.

A decision on Urban Meyer’s future at Ohio State finally came late on Wednesday night. After Meyer spent more than two weeks on paid administrative leave while the university conducted an investigation into how he handled domestic abuse allegations against former assistant coach Zach Smith, the school’s Board of Trustees chose to suspend him for the first three games of the season.

Maryland head coach D.J. Durkin remains on administrative leave. He has not been fired, though his long-term future at the school is arguably more at risk…