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Ralph Friedgen Fired

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Being named ACC Coach of the Year wasn't enough to save his job.

Friedgen was entering the last year of his contract. In 10 seasons, he went 74-50 with 7 bowl appearances and 2 ACC CotY awards.

Maryland decided it didn't want to give him an extension. Friedgen refused to retire. So, rather than having a lame duck coach, Maryland fired him.

Mike Leach is assumed to be the leading candidate.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5938838
 
Being named ACC Coach of the Year wasn't enough to save his job.

Friedgen was entering the last year of his contract. In 10 seasons, he went 74-50 with 7 bowl appearances and 2 ACC CotY awards.

Maryland decided it didn't want to give him an extension. Friedgen refused to retire. So, rather than having a lame duck coach, Maryland fired him.

Mike Leach is assumed to be the leading candidate.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5938838


Stories I was hearing this weekend were mentioning Leach as the leading candidate to replace Fridge. I'm sure they'll love him back there... :lol:

Also mentioned were, believe it or not, Ty Willingham and New Mexico's Mike Locksley.... :wow:
 
Locksley is mentioned because of his Wash DC ties, and his former time at UMaryland. There is no doubt that he would chalk Maryland's roster full of 5-star players from the East Coast. If he could get some good assistants to actually coach, then that might be lightning in a bottle.

Lots of people questioned Locks taking the UNM job to begin with, because its so far from his roots. Despite that, the number of DC-area kids that he pulled out to Loboland is staggering.
 
Locksley is mentioned because of his Wash DC ties, and his former time at UMaryland. There is no doubt that he would chalk Maryland's roster full of 5-star players from the East Coast. If he could get some good assistants to actually coach, then that might be lightning in a bottle.

Lots of people questioned Locks taking the UNM job to begin with, because its so far from his roots. Despite that, the number of DC-area kids that he pulled out to Loboland is staggering.

I don't get it, I'm a fan, but not really a student of the game, but it seems like Locksley is thought of as the next Gene Chizik. Why is everyone so high on him?
 
WOW what a tumultuous off-season for college football.

legendary urban meyer steps down, friedgen gets fired, and dan hawkins is forced out. the landscape will be much different next year... wait a second, one of these don't belong...
 
Not sure of the Chizik comparison, but I'd say he's the next Zook or Butch Davis. Guy can recruit his ass off, but can't coach a lick. Not surprisingly, he was Zook's OC for a few years. Some down-trodden programs like to take a flier on good recruiters in the hopes that talent will win out. In many cases, it does... as they say, college football is more about the Jimmy's and Joe's than the X's and O's.

I don't get it, I'm a fan, but not really a student of the game, but it seems like Locksley is thought of as the next Gene Chizik. Why is everyone so high on him?
 
I hate it when a guy comes in and does great things for a program, and after some losing seasons, in spite of what he did, the school wants more. Maryland is nothing without Friedgen...they can go **** themselves. They are horrible fans and apparently idiotic administration. I wouldn't be surprised if Gary Williams is fired, as he's rumored to be, after a poor season this year. Maryland's dumb...fear the turtle my ass...it's a ****in turtle...
 
It sounds like Frankling getting the Vandy job and taking some assistants with him played quite a bit into the decision to fire Friedgen.
 
Ralph Friedgen burned his Maryland diploma, doesn't care about Maryland football

I guess he's still angry.


More than an employer-employee relationship went up in flames when former Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen was dismissed from his job before the Terrapins' season-ending bowl game.

Friedgen, a Maryland alumnus, told a Baltimore radio station that he has burned his degree from the university, making it clear the hard feelings from the way his tenure ended have not subsided.


In the interview with Baltimore radio station WNST-AM, Friedgen was asked by host Glenn Clark if he still watches Maryland football.
"I could care less about Maryland, I've burned my diploma. I'm flying a Georgia Tech flag right now," Friedgen told the station. (Friedgen served two stints as an offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech.)


"That's hurtful. I don't want to hear that, Coach. I'm a Maryland alum," Clark said.


Friedgen replied, "Well, they talk about Maryland pride. They didn't show me a whole lot of Maryland pride, either getting the job or getting fired."


Friedgen went 74-50 in 10 seasons at Maryland. He was named ACC coach of the year in 2010 after the Terrapins rebounded from a 2-10 record in 2009 to go 9-4.
But Friedgen was bought out after the 2010 regular season and coached his last game with the Terps in in the Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman, a 51-20 win over East Carolina. The university subsequently hired former Connecticut coach Randy Edsall.


In a news conference before the bowl game, it was apparent that Friedgen was still emotional about his dismissal. His voice began to crack when he described favorable articles written about him.


"For the most part, I've been holding in my emotions pretty good. You all know I'm emotional. It'll be tough," he said at the time.

http://espn.go.com/college-football...rmer-coach-ralph-friedgen-says-burned-diploma
 
Friedgen, whose a Maryland alumn, said this week that he burned his degree from the school and now considers himself a Georgia Tech fan.

I don't blame him, he took them to 7 bowl games in 10 years and then last year he went 9-4 and won ACC coach of the year but was fired after the season.

On a related note the uniforms that UM wore against Miami with the Maryland flag on the helmets and shoulder pads were legendary but their other new unis are just awful.
 
Looks like they have really turned the program around by changing coaches.
 
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