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Ralph Friedgen is a former head football coach of the University of Maryland Terrapins, a post he held from the 2001 season until 2010. Friedgen originally came to College Park as a player after a standout high school career in Harrison, N.Y., where he played quarterback on his father's team. At Maryland, Friedgen was switched to offensive guard. After graduating from Maryland in 1970, Friedgen embarked on his coaching career, starting as a graduate assistant with the Terps. He followed that up with assistant coaching positions at The Citadel, William & Mary, Murray State and then back to Maryland from 1982-86. The Terps made four bowl games and won three consecutive ACC championships during...
Ralph Friedgen is a former head football coach of the University of Maryland Terrapins, a post he held from the 2001 season until 2010. Friedgen originally came to College Park as a player after a standout high school career in Harrison, N.Y., where he played quarterback on his father's team. At Maryland, Friedgen was switched to offensive guard. After graduating from Maryland in 1970, Friedgen embarked on his coaching career, starting as a graduate assistant with the Terps. He followed that up with assistant coaching positions at The Citadel, William & Mary, Murray State and then back to Maryland from 1982-86. The Terps made four bowl games and won three consecutive ACC championships during this time. After a five-year stint as Georgia Tech's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (which included a Yellow Jackets national title in 1990), Friedgen moved to the NFL with the San Diego Chargers. There he coached under Bobby Ross, who also had Friedgen on his staffs at Maryland, Georgia Tech and The Citadel. The NFL highlight for Friedgen was the Chargers' 1994 Super Bowl appearance. After the 1996 season, Friedgen returned to Georgia Tech for a four-year stint as offensive coordinator. Maryland fired head coach Ron Vanderlinden in 2000, and athletic director Debbie Yow tapped Friedgen for his first head coaching job ever. During his first year at the helm (2001), Maryland won its first ACC championship since 1985. For that accomplishment, Friedgen was named national coach of the year. Friedgen was replaced at Maryland by Randy Edsall.
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Maryland may grab Mike Leach before FAU gets a chance
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsUh, oh. My Hire Mike Leach campaign could get knee-capped before it gets up and running. Reports out of Maryland say the Terps are ready to pull the plug on Ralph Friedgen and if that happens, the leading candidate would......Tags: Randy Shannon, Athletes, Maryland, Mike Leach
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Thanks to Maryland, the Hire Mike Leach campaign is back
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsWell, my Hire Mike Leach campaign has been revived. If Leach does end up at FAU, fans can thank Maryland AD Kevin Anderson, who played if safe by hiring Connecticut???s Randy Edsall. That leaves Leach still looking for a......Tags: Athletes, Kevin Anderson, Employers, Maryland, Randy Edsall
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Tavon Austin continues to use his small frame to make big plays
If you tune in Saturday to watch Maryland play No. 8 West Virginia, do yourself a favor: Keep your eyes on the Mountaineers' Tavon Austin, the Baltimore kid who wears No. 1 and might be the most exciting player in the whole country. It's hard to...
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Beamer's hiring 25 years ago inspired, historic for Hokies, Baughman
The bedsheet banner, hanging outside a Jamerson Center window, begged him to stay.
"Dutch Don't Go We Need U"
But Dale T. "Dutch" Baughman is a cowboy by birth and a rebel at heart. After six contentious months as Virginia Tech's athletic director, he...Tags: Michael Vick, College of William and Mary, College Basketball, Jimmye Laycock, Super Bowl
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ACC's 2010 bowl season produces mixed results as conference strives for credibility
The good and bad — yin and yang, if you prefer — of college football's just-completed postseason. As viewed through predominantly ACC-colored bifocals.
Good: Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley and running back Michael Dyer were electric...Tags: Andrew Luck, Carolina Hurricanes, National Collegiate Athletic Association, North Carolina Tar Heels, Stanford Cardinal
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Don't wait for Hokies to pick coach-in-waiting
Virginia Tech has more than doubled Bud Foster's salary in the last five years. Earlier this month the school upped the ante with a five-year annuity. Absent the deed to Lane Stadium and free calzones for life at The Cellar, about the only bait left...Tags: Retirement, Florida State Seminoles, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Colleges and Universities, Government
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Virginia has recovered from a horrendous start, but is anyone watching?
Virginia's past two Saturdays have added a wrinkle to this week's Order of the Asbestos Coaches' Pants matchup versus Maryland.
Once again, the Cavaliers' Al Groh demonstrated that he is more than capable of exploiting opponents' weaknesses, particularly...Tags: College of William and Mary, Maryland Terrapins, Baseball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indiana Hoosiers
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Resilient Cavs again win hard way
If Al Groh ever needs proof of the value of perseverance, all he need do is cue the DVD of Virginia-Maryland 2009. If Ralph Friedgen ever suffers with back pain or maybe a throbbing knee, all he need do is cue the same DVD. Guaranteed the discomfort he...Tags: College of William and Mary, DVDs, Al Groh, Football
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Hokies finding plenty of motivation
Virginia Tech successfully reached the halfway point of its monthlong internal referendum on desire after a game that felt like watching a kid pull the wings off of flies. The Hokies' quest for a third consecutive ACC championship game and BCS bowl berth...Tags: Virginia Tech, Frank Beamer, Al Groh, Football
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Questions we'd like answered at ACC's preseason football gathering
The ACC's annual preseason football gabfest starts today in Greensboro, N.C., with — what else? — free food. After the collective gluttony, commissioner John Swofford, players, coaches and bowl reps will endure questions that range from...Tags: Baseball, Florida State Seminoles, National Collegiate Athletic Association, North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Tech
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Simply stunning
One coach figured to be daring, the other gun-shy. Both went against type Saturday night, setting the stage for one of the most confounding college football results the commonwealth has ever witnessed. Virginia 31, Maryland 0. If you saw this coming,...Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, American League, Injuries and Wounds, Maryland, Football
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Johnny on the spot
The first time I heard Johnny Holliday broadcast a University of Maryland basketball game was the winter of 1982. I was driving through some Eastern Shore backwater at night, and it was freezing cold, and the only light inside my little Toyota was the...Tags: James Brown, Television, Radio, Gary Williams, David Brinkley
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