The University of Maryland will introduce a new student-athlete health care model and conduct a national search for a new head team physician to oversee the school’s athletic programs, athletic director Damon Evans announced Thursday.
The new model will be independent of the athletic department, with the new physician chosen instead by the university. The new physician will report to the director of the University Health Center, and from there, the vice president for student affairs and university president. Up until this point, the position has worked under the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
The change was prompted by the last of 20 recommendations made by an external investigation commissioned following the death of football player Jordan McNair in an offseason workout last summer.