Maryland should have a new full-time athletic director soon. Patrick Kraft, currently holding the same position at Temple, is reportedly in the running. According to The Washington Post’s Jesse Dougherty, he might even be the favorite, though a Temple source told The Philadelphia Inquirer “there is a long way to go in the process.”
Kraft is up against interim Maryland AD Damon Evans and former Tennessee AD John Currie for the job, according to Dougherty and The Baltimore Sun’s Don Markus. So let’s explore why Maryland wants him.