Former Maryland football coach Mike Locksley to join Big Ten Network.
MarylandMike Locksley has gone from coaching college football to providing coverage of it. Less than two weeks after being fired midway through his eighth season as Maryland’s coach, Locksley was hired by the Big Ten Network as an analyst for the broadcaster’s remaining slate of football games, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.
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He is the first coach in school history to guide the team to three consecutive bowl wins in 2021 (New Era Pinstripe Bowl), 2022 (Duke's Mayo Bowl) and 2023 (TransPerfect Music City Bowl), and his . 419 winning percentage ranks 11th among the program's 22 coaches.
But the Terps never enjoyed a winning record in the conference under Locksley. They went 1-8 in the league in both 2024 and 2025.
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- Former Maryland football coach Mike Locksley to join Big Ten Network.
- Locksley, 56, will make his debut this Saturday as an analyst for "B1G Countdown to Kickoff," which will precede the Terps' road game at Purdue scheduled for a 12:30 p.
- Locksley had amassed a 39-54 overall record at Maryland and a 16-47 mark in the Big Ten.
- Locksley was replaced by Aazaar Abdul-Rahim , who was promoted to interim coach from associate head coach of the defense, co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach.