The University of Maryland and Mike Locksley have agreed to new contract terms that will give the 53-year-old head coach a sizeable salary raise.
According to a report from Sports Illustrated, Locksley will now see his salary increase from $4 million to $6.1 million. The contract is set to run through the 2027 season but an additional year will also be added to the contract if the Terrapins win seven more games this fall.
While Maryland has confirmed that the university and Locksley have agreed to new details on his contract, they did not confirm any raise in salary.
“Coach Locksley has done an amazing job revitalizing our football program,” said Maryland athletic director Damon Evans said in the press release. “We have won bowl games in each of the last two years, something that hadn’t been done at Maryland in nearly 20 years. Coach Locks continues to grow our program, both on and off the field, in developing impressive young men. As we continue to make significant strides with higher expectations, we are excited he will be leading our program into the future as ‘The Best Is Ahead’ for Maryland football.”
Locksley took over the Maryland football program in 2019 after being an assistant coach at Alabama from 2016 through 2018. Since taking over at Maryland, the Terrapins have gone from 3-9 and 2-3 in his first two seasons to 7-6 and 8-5 in their last two including two bowl game victories. It has been a much better tenure for Locksley at Maryland than his first head coaching stint at New Mexico where he went 2-26 over two and half seasons. If the Maryland can achieve a winning record in 2023, it will be their first three-season stretch of .500 or better since 2001 through 2003 under head coach Ralph Friedgen which saw the Terrapins go 31-8 overall.
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