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Maryland football coaching search 2026: Candidates, hot board, names to watch from Terrapins experts
Maryland fired head coach Mike Locksley on Oct. 21. Interim coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim is 0-1 after a 20-17 loss to Illinois on a 26-yard walk-off field goal.
Wake Forest head coach Jake Dickert is a potential name on Maryland's coaching hot board and is 15-5 at Wake Forest. The report also notes that persuading him to leave his power-conference job could be difficult.
Should Maryland pursue Jake Dickert despite his 15-5 Wake Forest record and power-conference job?
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The complex business of firing coaches: Why sticker-shock buyout numbers don't tell the whole story
College coaching buyouts can look larger than the amount schools ultimately pay because mitigation clauses reduce payments when a fired coach earns compensation elsewhere. Sam Houston's contract with former coach Phil Longo calls for roughly $1.53 million in remaining salary, but the school can offset that amount dollar for dollar against his next coaching job.
The decision to fire a coach also weighs budgets, political capital, roster spending and attendance. One consultant described a scenario in which a $1.5 million buyout might be weighed against losing $100,000 week over week from half-empty home games, a particularly significant concern for Group of Six programs.
Would you fire a struggling coach when the buyout is $1.5 million but home-game losses keep growing?
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