A week after word first surfaced that Mike Locksley could be coming “home” to Maryland, it appears the controversial former New Mexico head coach’s hiring is imminent.
According to the Baltimore Sun, and citing two sources close to the negotiations, Locksley and the Terrapins are close to finalizing the details on a contract that would make him the football program’s new offensive coordinator. An official announcement from the school could come as early as Wednesday.
Locksley would replace Gary Crowton, who it was announced over the weekend was out as coordinator and would take a non-coaching administrative job for the next three months before being free to pursue other opportunities.
Locksley’s résumé the past two years includes two wins -- total -- as the Lobos’ head coach; an age and sex discrimination lawsuit filed by a former administrative assistant; a physical altercation with an assistant coach that included Locksley being suspended for hitting a member of his staff; and some bizarre “car borrowing” incident involving a drunk 19-year-old who claimed to be a recruit.
Prior to that, Locksley was the coordinator at Illinois from 2005-2008 as well as an assistant with the Terps from 1997-2002.