DJ Durkin was dismissed by the University of Maryland as its football coach Oct. 31, two months before the end of the year.
But that did not stop Durkin from ranking first on The Baltimore Sun’s list of the state’s highest-paid employees in 2018. At $4.7 million, Durkin made more money last year — by far — than any other public employee in Maryland, according to state comptroller’s office records obtained through a public information request.
Durkin was followed on the list by three other prominent athletic program leaders at the University of Maryland: men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon ($2.