The operative numeral concerning D.J. Durkin might not be 37, his compellingly young age, or six, the number of states in which he will have resided as a coach once he helms the Maryland football team. It might be four.
That’s how many times his career has collaborated already with Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh. Each has hired Durkin twice. In addition to all else, then, Durkin ascends to head-coaching, in the same noisy division as those two bright lights, with considerable experience around large noise.
He worked for the eventually famous Meyer at Bowling Green (after playing for Gary Blackney at same); for the famous Harbaugh at Stanford; for the very famous Meyer at Florida; and for the intensely famous Harbaugh at Michigan.