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Jordan McNair's Parents Say DJ Durkin Should Be Fired

The parents of Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair say that head coach DJ Durkin should be fired and not allowed to coach anyone else.

McNair, a 19-year-old offensive lineman, and other Maryland players were participating in a workout on May 29 when McNair showed signs of exhaustion. He died two weeks later.

"He shouldn't be able to work with anybody else's kid," Jordan's father Martin McNair said Thursday on ABC's Good Morning America. "You don't send your kid away to college. You send your kid away to college for them to be developed into young people—and that's physically, emotionally and spiritually.