Randy Edsall Fired as Maryland Head Coach

With the Maryland Terrapins football team struggling to a 2-4 start, head coach Randy Edsall's days at the helm are over.

Maryland confirmed (h/t Brent Yarina of BTN.com) Edsall had been relieved of his coaching duties in a press release a day after the Terrapins lost 49-28 to Ohio State, with the plan to move on from Edsall seemingly decided prior to the contest.

On Oct. 8, Jeff Ermann of 247Sports reported multiple sources have said Edsall would coach his final contest with the Terrapins against Ohio State on Saturday barring an unexpected reversal.

The Terps are currently last in the Big Ten East at 0-2 and 2-4 overall, and they have been outscored 77-28 over the past two weeks combined against Michigan and Ohio State.

Maryland also previously lost a game to Bowling Green, which certainly seemed to turn up the heat with regard to Edsall's status.

According to Ermann on Oct. 8, there is no concern on Maryland's part about how firing Edsall might impact the current players on the team.

"Nobody in the locker room would leave next year because Edsall is fired," an anonymous source said. "He doesn't have too many fans left in the locker room."

That much may have become apparent after the loss to the Mountaineers, as his players held a players-only meeting without his knowledge, per Angelique Chengelis of the Detroit News:

Edsall is just 22-34 in four-plus seasons with the Terrapins. His only winning campaigns were 7-6 marks in both 2013 and 2014, but Maryland fell in both bowl games it qualified for.

There were high hopes regarding what Edsall might be able to do for the Maryland program after it moved from the ACC to the Big Ten in 2014. He led the previously moribund Connecticut program to eight wins or more every year from 2007 through 2010, including one BCS bowl bid.

That success simply hasn't translated to Maryland, and with no progress being made from one year to the next, it is difficult to argue with the program's decision to part ways with the 57-year-old coach.

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