MICHAEL LOCKSLEY: HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
MIchael LOCKSLEY
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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
LOCKSLEY'S TIMELINE
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Michael Locksley, named as the nation’s top assistant coach, is returning home to become the University of Maryland’s 37th head football coach, Director of Athletics Damon Evans announced on December 4.
Locksley, a Washington, D.C. native with deep personal and professional connections to the area, brings over 20 years of coaching experience, including two separate stints at Maryland, totaling 10 years with the Terps
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ...
Everyone from ESPN's Scott Van Pelt to former Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen to Terrapin legends Stefon Diggs and Lamont Jordan are talking about Michael Locksley becoming Maryland's head football coach.
LOCKSLEY'S TIMELINE
From his start as an assistant coach at Towson State in 1992 to his first stop in College Park in 1997 to becoming an offensive coordinator for the first time in 2005 to coming back to Maryland in 2012 to winning the Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach at Alabama, check out all of Coach Locksley's experience.
LOCKSLEY's NFL pipeline
A proven track record of sending student-athletes to the next level.
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LOCKSLEY by the numbers
5-STAR RECRUITER
Locksley has signed 21 four or five star recruits over his coaching career (according to 247sports), 14 of which came from the DMV area.
DMV ROOTS
Locksley has coached at Maryland for 10 seasons (1997-02, 2012-15).
NEXT-LEVEL COACH
Locksley has coached 92 NFL draft picks in more than 20 years of coaching college football.
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