Damon Evans was previously the Georgia AD from 2004-10, then went to Maryland in 2014 as an associate AD before taking over the top job in 2018. SMU i
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Maryland athletic director Damon Evans is ‘probably going to SMU’ to take the same job, according to men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard.
Except Willard didn’t leave the Maryland men’s basketball program Sunday just to shove more cash in his pockets. He left — at least in part — because he feels his program will receive more focus and support at Villanova than it did in College Park.
SMU announced Damon Evans as SMU’s new athletic director on March 22. Just five days later, the university welcomed Evans to the Hilltop during a press conference in the Miller Event Center inside Moody Coliseum.
The university officially announced on Friday the hiring of former Maryland AD Damon Evans, who will be replacing Rick Hart in the role.
Willard emphasized when the Terps were in Seattle that he loved coaching at Maryland, but he wanted the school to improve in NIL.
SMU is hiring Maryland athletic director Damon Evans to serve in the same position, the school announced Friday. Evans will replace Rick Hart, who helped guide SMU into the ACC la
Just days after the University of Maryland lost to Florida in the NCAA tournament, Villanova University announced Terrapins' head coach Kevin Willard is set to lead the school's men's basketball team.
Maryland basketball fans are calling former head coach Kevin Willard a traitor and a sellout after he jumped ship for a new program on Sunday.