Brian Kelly has interviewed for the Maryland Terrapins’ head coaching job and is emerging as a top name in the search to replace Mike Locksley, On3’s Pete Nakos reported Saturday. InsideMDSports had reported Maryland’s interest in the former Notre Dame and LSU coach earlier in the week.
Maryland moved on from Locksley on Oct. 21 after a 2-5 start that included five straight losses, coming off back-to-back 4-8 seasons. Aazaar Abdul-Rahim is finishing the year as interim coach. Kelly, 65, has been out of coaching since LSU fired him on Oct. 26, 2025, and has spent this fall as a studio analyst for CBS Sports.
How Brian Kelly is pitching himself to Maryland
Kelly spoke at length with Maryland officials through the first half of November and also met with them away from campus, USA TODAY Sports’ John Brice reported. Brice reported that Kelly laid out a roster plan for turning the Terrapins into a team that competes in the upper half of the Big Ten, and that he has already talked with potential assistants, general managers and front-office staff so he can assemble a staff quickly once hired…