Maryland Fires Strength Coach but Keeps D.J. Durkin on Leave

D.J. Durkin, Maryland’s head coach, will remain on leave until an investigation is complete.The University of Maryland said Tuesday that it had fired the strength and conditioning coach for its football team and apologized to the family of a player who died after a workout in May, as it investigates the practices and culture of a program current and former players say was rife with intimidation and harassment.

The university’s president, Wallace D. Loh, already had suspended the Terrapins’ football coach, D.J. Durkin, and the strength coach, Rick Court, but he said news reports about the program’s pattern of humiliating players who fell short in practices had prompted him to appoint a…