The University of Maryland president Darryll Pines announced during his inauguration speech that the football performance center in Cole Field House will be named after trailblazers Billy Jones and Darryl Hill.
The Jones-Hill house will serve as the home of Maryland football and will honor the two men who broke the color barrier in their respective sports.
In 1963, Hill was the first Black student-athlete to play football at Maryland and in the ACC. Two years later, Jones broke the color barrier in basketball at Maryland and in the ACC by being the first Black men’s basketball scholarship player to play with the Terps.