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Former Maryland football coach Bobby Ross and his 1984 team will be honored at this Saturday’s game against Indiana, head coach Mike Locksley announced Tuesday.
“It’s always great to bring back family to our program and to the university,” Locksley said. “We’re excited about being able to go out and put on a great show for our alumni and our families as they come visit us here.”
Ross coached the Terps from 1982-86, finishing with a 39-19-1 record. He led the program to four consecutive winning seasons, three straight ACC championships and four bowl game appearances.
In 1984, Maryland finished ranked No. 12 in the country with a 9-3 record after taking a 28-27 win over Tennessee in the Sun Bowl. The Terps defeated three top-20 squads that season. And in case you forgot, current Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich was the starting quarterback that year.
Ross resigned after his fifth season, saying the school had “unfulfilled promises” regarding changes to further develop the football program. From there, he took over Georgia Tech and Army, before joining the NFL ranks in 1992. He coached the San Diego Chargers until 1996, leading them to an AFC Championship in 1994, and was at the helm for the Detroit Lions through the 2000 season.
Forever a member of our family
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) October 15, 2019
Saturday, we welcome three-time ACC champion Bobby Ross BACK to College Park! pic.twitter.com/qBKMIls26j
In other news
Our player preview series continued Tuesday with forward Makhi Mitchell, who is the highest ranked of this year’s freshmen class.
Locksley announced Tuesday that starting cornerback Tino Ellis is out for the season with an upper body injury. Read more on that here.
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs had one of the best performances of his career this past weekend. Check out how he and other Terps fared in this week’s Terps in the NFL recap.
The latest FanPulse poll came out Tuesday, showing a further dip in fan confidence in the direction of the Maryland football program.
Former Maryland volleyball head coach Steve Aird makes his first return to College Park tonight as his Indiana team takes on the Terps. Here is everything you need to know for the match.
With now less than three weeks to go until the start of the 2019-20 college basketball season, Maryland men’s basketball held its media day Thursday. Our biggest takeaways from the day are coming shortly, but for now, here is some of our live coverage.
After getting our first chance to watch practice and talk with players, one thing is clear: this Maryland men’s basketball team is hungry for deep tournament run.
— Testudo Times (@testudotimes) October 15, 2019
@morganweaver_ has the recap from media day. pic.twitter.com/9igAvauL6p
Turgeon says that this is his deepest team yet, but adds that he hasn't seen them play a game this year.
— Testudo Times (@testudotimes) October 15, 2019
"Hopefully our depth will allow us to stay fresh and become a better team come February and March," Turgeon said.
Maryland basketball guards are working on driving through coverage into the paint.
— Lila Bromberg (@lilabbromberg) October 15, 2019
Of note, freshman Donta Scott is practicing with the guards. pic.twitter.com/B0yBJK7Plz
You can definitely see the difference the added muscle makes for Jalen Smith in the paint. pic.twitter.com/00loGWW6W8
— Lila Bromberg (@lilabbromberg) October 15, 2019
The first three phases of the XFL Draft went down Tuesday. Two former Terps have been selected so far.
The first Terp is off the board in the #XFLDraft.
— Testudo Times (@testudotimes) October 15, 2019
OL @MikeDunn4Real joins the Seattle Dragons. https://t.co/Vjnhl7SdYH
With the 2nd pick of Round 8 (No. 58 overall) in the Defensive Front 7 #XFLDraft, the #XFLGuardians select DT Cavon Walker. pic.twitter.com/owKQCKpfyu
— New York Guardians (@XFLGuardians) October 15, 2019
And it looks like the DC Defenders got some work going in College Park.
Work starts now. #DefendTheDMV pic.twitter.com/kHwvyq6fjh
— DC Defenders (@XFLDefenders) October 15, 2019
Maryland football announced captains for this week’s game against Indiana.
Leading us against the Hoosiers!
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) October 15, 2019
Your Week 8️⃣ Captains: @ccam42, @_piggyt and @Antwaine_09! #FTT pic.twitter.com/JWNjdH0pYQ
Maryland women’s basketball continues to give fans a peek into its practices.
A little pressure can’t stop us #PlayOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/wRhy6bFaEO
— Maryland Women’s Basketball (@umdwbb) October 15, 2019
Maryland men’s soccer head coach Sasho Cirovski is looking to bring some major changes to college soccer. And now he has a proposal in place.
“It is time to act boldly to bring our playing and practice season model into the 21st century!”
— Sasho Cirovski (@SashoCirovski) October 15, 2019
Myself and the eight national championship coaches unanimously urge adopting this proposal outlined in this letter to the NCAA D1 Council as we gear up for the April 2020 vote. pic.twitter.com/vz0JoW5Bi5
Former Terp Zack Steffen had a big stop in goal for Team USA in its game against Canada Tuesday.
| Rollin' back the tape for another look @zackstef_23's HUGE stop on 's Jonathan David in the 16th minute of #CANvUSA.
— U.S. Soccer MNT (@USMNT) October 16, 2019
Good stuff Zack! pic.twitter.com/w9ZCgrypZG
Maryland volleyball continues to roll out some awesome content with coach Adam Hughes.
"This group has done a really good job of responding"
— Maryland Volleyball (@TerpsVolleyball) October 15, 2019
☕️ with @AdamNHughes #LND pic.twitter.com/t1RaD2eokQ
Whistle ✅
— Maryland On BTN (@MarylandOnBTN) October 15, 2019
Coffee ✅
We can officially start practice now according to @AdamNHughes in the latest edition of Mic'd Up.
See @TerpsVolleyball Wednesday night in the #BTNBlockParty at 6 ET on BTN. pic.twitter.com/yXzycDKglw
Maryland women’s lacrosse assistant coach Caitlyn Phipps is getting a big opportunity with Team USA.
Caitlyn Phipps, @MarylandWLax asst. coach, will serve as head coach of the USA Select U17 team. Molly Ford, a former Georgetown star that now coaches at the Hockaday School in Texas, will be the head coach of the USA Select U15 team. pic.twitter.com/muAE97TQ7n
— US Lacrosse (@USLacrosse) October 15, 2019