On Tuesday, D.J. Durkin hired former Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer as his defensive coordinator.
This continues the trend of bringing in established coaches to add to the Maryland staff. On Tuesday night, Mike London joined the staff as the team’s defensive line and associate head coach.
Shafer worked with Durkin back in 2007 when he was the defensive coordinator at Stanford and Durkin was the defensive ends/special teams coach. Ironically, both coaches were the defensive coordinator at Michigan with Shaffer being there in 2008 while Durkin was the defensive boss in 2014.