Followed Matt Canada. Mike Locksley moved Maryland from Regional Program I to National Program III in 8 seasons.
That’s too big of a picture for me to worry about. I’m more concerned about week one
Hopefully he’ll get back to focusing on school and football.
We feel like Dontay has a support system here at Maryland, which is us, and being here is the best thing for him
That wasn’t a coach Locks decision. I take credit in that I could have shut it down, but here’s an example of when the Malik Washingtons and the Daniel Wingates of the world come and knock on the door
The difference is, for this year, is that we have a returning star
This is a trench league
He’s been through quite a bit here, and this summer really was not a good thing for him, not a good thing for us
We both decided mutually that he needs a fresh start
He’s a guy that deserves another chance
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached National Program in his 8th career season — faster than 7% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #617 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
3–5 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Jim Harbaugh.
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
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He is statistically one of the WORST head coaches in FOOTBALL history. Maryland will NEVER win as long as they refuse to acknowledge that hiring Mike Loxley was a HUGE mistake.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 3, 2026 · via MarylandAthletics
Holy fucking shit i’m so tired of these Locksley teams and their fucking penalties
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 30, 2025 · via CFB
11th-best Maryland tenure of 21 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Matt Canada (2018–2018).
| Season | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||
| Record | 3–9 | 2–3 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | — | — | W bowl | W bowl | W bowl | — | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #47 | #31 | #19 | #31 | #36 | #39 | #25 | #43 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||||
| Pass rate | 44.6 | 51.5 | 52.7 | 48.7 | 55.5 | 57.1 | 61.8 | 51.3 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||||
| OC | Scottie Montgomery | Scottie Montgomery | Dan Enos | Dan Enos / Mike Miller | Kevin Sumlin / Josh Gattis | Kevin Sumlin / Josh Gattis | Pep Hamilton | Clint Trickett | |
| DC | Jon Hoke | Jon Hoke | Brian Stewart | Brian Williams | Brian Williams | Aazaar Abdul-Rahim / Brian Williams | Aazaar Abdul-Rahim / Ted Monachino | Aazaar Abdul-Rahim / Ted Monachino | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||
| Offense | 5 | 26 | 53 | 47 | 57 | 15 | 25 | 79 | |
| Defense | 38 | 49 | 29 | 87 | 85 | 43 | 42 | 92 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 42.5 | 53.7 | 53.1 | 50.7 | 58.3 | 54.9 | 58.0 | 58.3 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 49.2 | 54.5 | 40.2 | 50.8 | 46.8 | 52.6 | 58.3 | 40.0 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 50.0 | 6.7 | 30.6 | 40.0 | 34.2 | 52.3 | 33.3 | — | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
A typical class-year mix of incoming transfers.
23 NFL Draft picks: Darnell Savage Jr. (2019), Byron Cowart (2019), Ty Johnson (2019), Derwin Gray (2019), Anthony McFarland Jr. (2020), Antoine Brooks Jr. (2020), Jake Funk (2021), Nick Cross (2022) + 15 more
7th-best New Mexico tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Followed Rocky Long (1998–2008) · succeeded by Bob Davie (2012–2019).
3 NFL Draft picks: Glover Quin (2009), DeAndre Wright (2009), Erik Cook (2010)
Offensive coordinator across 2 programs, 3 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.