Investigators probably could have been harder on DJ Durkin, but they still outlined multiple failures on his part as a head coach in their report, which stretched to almost 400 pages with appendixes. Durkin told investigators he wasn’t responsible for the conduct of strength coach Rick Court, yet, as The Diamondback’s James Crabtree-Hannigan notes, Durkin had not problem asking for whatever he wanted when he thought it was in service of player health. When Durkin thought something wrong was going on, he’d try to change it. And he didn’t do anything about Rick Court’s behavior.
Maryland gave DJ Durkin a second chance. He didn’t deserve one.
