As Mike Locksley enters his third season as the head coach of Maryland’s football team, he’s slowly but surely beginning to see the building blocks take shape for a program he took charge of in December 2018.
Though it hasn’t materialized into instant on-field success — the Terps are 5-12 under Locksley in two seasons, including a 2-3 record last year in a condensed season wracked by the coronavirus pandemic — Locksley has overseen two recruiting cycles, stocking the roster with the talent required of respectable teams.
He also nabbed Taulia Tagovaloia from the transfer portal last year, and the junior quarterback is the player who will be most closely aligned with Locksley in the near future as the Terps look to turn around a program that was clouded in mediocrity and scandal just three years ago.