Maryland football officially announced Matt Canada as its new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tuesday night. ESPN is reporting the deal is for three years.
At first glance, this is a great hire for DJ Durkin. Canada is a well-respected offensive mind who’s coached some great offenses at Power 5 schools. He won a Big Ten championship at Wisconsin, coached Jacoby Brissett to a third-round pick at NC State and Nathan Peterman to a fifth-round pick at Pitt. His tenure at LSU didn’t go as planned, but reports suggest that was more due to a power struggle with head coach Ed Orgeron than anything else.