Mike Locksley is about to get paid a lot of money to stay home and do nothing, but the longtime college football coach doesn’t plan to sit around.
Locksley and the university parted ways on Wednesday after Maryland dropped to 2-5 following a home loss to fellow Big Ten basement-dweller Rutgers. He finished with a 38-49 record over eight seasons, reached three consecutive bowl games, and posted eight-win seasons between 2021 and 2023, but he also had four losing seasons, and the Terps finished 16-47 in Big Ten play during his tenure.
Locksley, who served as an assistant under Nick Saban before taking the Maryland job, spoke with ESPN’s Heather Dinich about his situation, saying that while he thinks his head-coaching career is over, he is considering assistant roles in the NFL or a high-level college program.
He also added that, in the interim, he plans to do TV commentary work, “possibly with the Big Ten Network.” Locksley has been a mainstay on college football sidelines since 1992, so he has no history in a dedicated media role. Dinich added that he wants to try it to “get some practice in and see how much he enjoys it.”
Whatever he does, Locksley benefits from being paid double. He was set to earn $6.4 million this year and is owed a $9.75 million buyout, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The deal has no offset or mitigation, meaning Maryland will pay it all even if Locksley lands another job, Dinich said.
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