The report on Maryland football’s culture was released Thursday, with the independent investigation overseen by the Board of Regents finding that the team’s culture had problems, but was not what they deemed “toxic.”
While that was the main goal of the report, it also revealed some problems that were bigger than the football program. If someone wanted to write a book about athletic department dysfunction in college sports, it would start and end at Maryland.
To see where this dysfunction started, just look at the leadership at the top of the department. Kevin Anderson’s time as athletic director was marked by high turnover, with 14 executives leaving in the last five years compared to five in his predecessor, Debbie Yow’s last five.