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Inside Kevin Willard’s and Damon Evans’ chaotic exits: ‘Maryland got screwed’

‘There was always a rift’ between the former men’s basketball coach and athletic director, a close partner of Willard’s says

Summer 2024 Baltimore Sun Media intern Taylor Lyons (Handout)
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Athletic director Damon Evans, center, and men's basketball coach Kevin Willard, left, both left the University of Maryland in March. Several key decision-makers with knowledge of their relationship described a tandem that never coalesced. Also pictured, from top to bottom on right, are new men's basketball coach Buzz Williams, University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines, new AD Jim Smith and football coach Michael Locksley. (Staff photos/Illustration by Kevin Richardson)
Athletic director Damon Evans, center, and men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard, left, both left the University of Maryland in March. Several key decision-makers with knowledge of their relationship described a tandem that never coalesced. Also pictured, from top to bottom on right, are new men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams, University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines, new AD Jim Smith and football coach Michael Locksley. (Staff photos/Illustration by Kevin Richardson)

Inside the messy breakup between former men's basketball coach Kevin Willard and athletic director Damon Evans, a duo that never coalesced.

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