Maryland Football Awards

Former Maryland Head Coach Ralph Friedgen was on hand at the Maryland Football Banquet this past weekend.

Friedgen says farewell at Terps awards banquet

2010 Maryland Football Postseason Team Awards

#35 Travis Baltz
Top Special Teams Performer
George C. Cook Memorial Award for the senior with the highest GPA



#5 Danny O'Brien
Freshman of the Year



#23 Da’Rel Scott and #1 Adrian Moten
A.V. Williams Award for Outstanding & Conspicuous Sportsmanship





#81 Ryan Schlothauer
George Boutselis Memorial Award for letterman with the highest GPA



#76 R.J. Dill
Alvin L. Aubinoe Award as the unsung hero



#82 Torrey Smith
C.P. “Lefty” McIntosh Public Service Award sponsored by Don & Terry Wilson



#71 Paul Pinegar (offense) and #72 Joe Vellano (defense)
James M. Tatum Award for Lineman of the Year





#30 Mike Salvatico
Dr. John E. Faber Award for Iron Man

#47 Paul Lariviere and #60 Chris Rhodes
Scout Team Offensive Player of the Year





#93 Andre Monroe
Scout Team Defensive Player of the Year

#8 Davin Meggett
Most Improved Offensive Player



#2 Antwine Perez
Most Improved Defensive Player



#82 Torrey Smith
Most Valuable Offensive Player



#6 Kenny Tate
Most Valuable Defensive Player



#33 Alex Wujciak
Ray Krouse Award for Most Valuable Player

Randy Edsall To Be Named New Coach

Maryland has hired Randy Edsall as its new head football coach. This was the e-mail message delivered to all Terrapin Club members this evening:

Randy Edsall, who spent the last 12 years taking the University of Connecticut from Division I-AA status (now FCS) to five bowl games, including a BCS contest, has been named Maryland’s head football coach, director of athletics Kevin Anderson announced Sunday evening.

Edsall, who will be introduced Monday, January 3 during a news conference, guided the Huskies to a pair of BIG EAST Conference titles (2007, 2010) and postseason appearances in each of the last four seasons, including the 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

The 2010 BIG EAST Coach of the Year has led the Huskies to eight or more wins in each of the last four seasons as the Huskies successfully made the ascent from Division I-AA.

Prior to his stint in Storrs, Conn., Edsall, a native of Glen Rock, Pa., spent one season (1998) as the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech and four years (1994-97) as a defensive backs coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars who went from expansion team to the AFC Championship game during his tenure.

Maryland Athletics will comment on the hiring during Monday’s news conference at 2pm in the Glazer Auditorium of Gossett Football Team House at the University of Maryland. The news conference will be streamed live through Terps TV on www.umterps.com.

Baltimore Sun
Edsall to be Maryland football coach

The Washington Post
Randy Edsall expected to be named Maryland football coach on Monday

UM Terps.com
Edsall Named Head Football Coach