It’s been over two weeks since Maryland placed DJ Durkin on leave in the wake of reports that he fostered an abusive environment as head football coach. It’s been over two months since Jordan McNair died after collapsing at the team’s first organized workout of the summer.
ESPN’s reporting on the Terps football program described an environment where “belittling, humiliation and embarrassment of players is common.”
“Extreme verbal abuse of players occurs often,” the report says, and “Coaches have endorsed unhealthy eating habits and used food punitively.”
Those allegations are the sort that seem overwhelmingly likely to cost Durkin his job.