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On Dec. 21, 1998 Randy Edsall became the 27th head coach in University of Connecticut football history. At UConn, Edsall has overseen the program's move from the NCAA's football Division I championship subdivision (Division I-AA) to its Division I Bowl subdivision (Division I-A) and the opening of the $91 million Rentschler Field in East Hartford in 2003 and the $48 million Burton Family Football Complex and Mark R. Shenkman Training Center in 2006. He also led the team to its first three Division I-A bowl game appearances and its first Big East championship. Born on Aug. 27, 1958, Edsall grew up in Glen Rock, Pa. where he was a three-year letter winner in football, basketball and baseball a...
On Dec. 21, 1998 Randy Edsall became the 27th head coach in University of Connecticut football history. At UConn, Edsall has overseen the program's move from the NCAA's football Division I championship subdivision (Division I-AA) to its Division I Bowl subdivision (Division I-A) and the opening of the $91 million Rentschler Field in East Hartford in 2003 and the $48 million Burton Family Football Complex and Mark R. Shenkman Training Center in 2006. He also led the team to its first three Division I-A bowl game appearances and its first Big East championship. Born on Aug. 27, 1958, Edsall grew up in Glen Rock, Pa. where he was a three-year letter winner in football, basketball and baseball at Susquehanna High School in Glen Rock. Edsall went to Syracuse University, where he earned one varsity letter as a quarterback and a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1980. He added a master's degree in health and physical education in 1982 from Syracuse. After finishing his playing career at Syracuse, Edsall began his coaching career at the school in 1980 as a graduate assistant. From 1991-93, he coached defensive backs at Boston College under Tom Coughlin before coaching the same position from 1994-97 with the Jacksonville Jaguars, also under Coughlin. (Photo GETTY IMAGES)
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Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup
The Baltimore SunMaryland point guard target Rysheed Jordan was at his best Wednesday night at Philadelphia's Wayne Ellington All-City Basketball Classic. The five-star prospect -- and Rivals.com's No. 12 prospect in the 2013 class -- had 14 points and four assists to...Tags: Basketball, Anthony Davis (basketball), The Washington Post, College Sports, Under Armour Inc.
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Our Take: The week in Maryland sports
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Maryland makes plans for synthetic turf at Byrd Stadium
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InsideMDSports: Paul Harris has top four, visits on tap
Special to The Baltimore SunEditor's note: Each week, InsideMdSports.com provides this blog with a Maryland recruiting feature that previously appeared as premium content on its site. In three months, Douglass (Upper Marlboro) wide receiver Paul Harris has gone from having no...Tags: Football, Maryland Terrapins
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Edsall ranked 65th among college football coaches by The Sporting News
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The Last Word with Austin Walker
The Baltimore SunAt Maryland, Austin Walker lived the dream of walk-on football players everywhere. The 6-foot, 195-pound safety from Langley High in Northern Virginia joined the Terps in 2007 and redshirted as a freshman. Over the course of the next two seasons,...Tags: Virginia Cavaliers, Atlantic Coast Conference, Florida State Seminoles, Football, Ralph Friedgen
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O'Brien continues Penn State tour in Maryland
Bill O'Brien looks right out of Football Coach Central Casting: thick neck, hulking shoulders, receding hairline and a mug that looks like it caught a few forearms back when he played linebacker and defensive end at Brown. The new face of Penn State's...
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The Last Word with Trenton Hughes
The Baltimore SunMaryland cornerback Trenton Hughes started all 13 games of a junior season highlighted by a big game (seven tackles, forced fumble) in a win over a ranked North Carolina State team in 2010. But Hughes had to make some adjustments in 2011. The Terps had a...Tags: Nolan Carroll , Miami Dolphins, Will Yeatman, Isaiah Williams, Football
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Ravens pick Pierce scored 5 times versus the Terps
In case you missed Temple’s 38-7 win over Maryland last fall, the story in that lopsided Terps loss was Owls running back Bernard Pierce, who set a Temple record by rumbling for five touchdowns. Pierce had four of them before the midway point of the...
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Tough decisions have marked Anderson's 18-month tenure in College Park
The first months of a college athletic director's tenure are typically spent getting a feel for the landscape. For Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson, his first seven months included leading a major overhaul that included the messy divorce with a...
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The Last Word with Cameron Chism
The Baltimore SunMaryland cornerback Cameron Chism started 32 straight games from 2009 until being benched near the end of last season. He is one of just three players in school history -- Curome Cox and Bob Haley are the others -- with two interception returns for...Tags: Football, Ralph Friedgen, National Football League, Maryland Terrapins
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Terrapin football in a shell of a bad place
Although I graduated from another university, I have followed the University of Maryland's sports teams for 40 years. Having been born and raised in the Baltimore area, I suppose it emanates from a "Maryland pride" mind-set. What does Maryland Athletic...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, College Sports, Football, Ralph Friedgen, Kevin Anderson
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