Maryland Reportedly Fires Head Coach Mike Locksley

That's a wrap for Mike Locksley. The Maryland Terrapins have fired their full-time head coach of eight years, ESPN reported on Wednesday afternoon. Maryland is coming off a 37-30 loss at home to the now-2-4 Rutgers Scarlett Knights and has lost five consecutive games, dropping the Terrapins to 2-5. Maryland went a combined 38-49 under Locksley from 2019-26. Locksley was also the school's interim head coach for six games in the 2015 season (Maryland went 1-5), its running backs coach from 1997-2002 and its offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach from 2012-15. A pair of 8-5 campaigns in 2022 and 2023 offered hope for the Maryland faithful, but the Terrapins ultimately followed the consecutive bullish campaigns with 4-8 seasons in both 2024 and 2025. Moreover, the Terrapins finished with a losing record in five of Locksley's seven complete seasons on the job. Still, Locksley's combined 39 wins at Maryland are tied with Bobby Ross for fifth among head coaches in program history. The Maryland job marked Locksley's second full-time head-coaching position, as he was the head coach of the New Mexico Lobos from 2009-11, with the Lobos going 2-26 under him. Prior to taking over at Maryland in 2019, Locksley was an assistant coach at Alabama under Nick Saban from 2016-18, highlighted by being the Crimson Tide's offensive coordinator in 2018. Maryland has a bye this coming week, followed by it hosting the Illinois Fighting Illini on Oct. 31 (12 p.m. ET on FS1). This is a developing story. Check back for updates.