Ding dong, Kevin Willard is gone. Good riddance, Maryland fans cried Sunday after 10 days of feeling captive to their (former) basketball coach’s leverage play. What Willard initially pitched as his public crusade to elevate Maryland’s men’s program quickly morphed into a more cynical episode as it became clear he probably would decamp to Villanova.

Kevin Willard has accepted an offer to become Villanova 's next men's basketball coach and will leave Maryland after three seasons, according to several reports.

Highlighting a fight that is brewing on college campuses, Willard wanted a bigger piece of the pie than Maryland could offer

While Kevin Willard's decision seemed obvious, from speculation he would be leaving to go to Villanova, to Willard acting clueless following the Terrapins' loss

After Villanova announced Sunday it hired former Terrapins head coach Kevin Willard to take over its own program, both Steve Blake and Greivis Vásquez took to social media and commented on the new Maryland vacancy:

Willard emphasized when the Terps were in Seattle that he loved coaching at Maryland, but he wanted the school to improve in NIL.

Maryland men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard is meeting with Villanova officials on Saturday about the program’s coaching vacancy, source says.

After weeks of rumors and speculation, Maryland fans now have their answer on the head coaching drama in College Park. Following his third season as head coach