Maryland athletic director Damon Evans is ‘probably going to SMU’ to take the same job, according to men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard.

Damon Evans was previously the Georgia AD from 2004-10, then went to Maryland in 2014 as an associate AD before taking over the top job in 2018. SMU i

With Kevin Willard leaving Maryland to become the next men’s basketball coach at Villanova, the Terrapins have embarked on a search to fill the vacancy that opened only days after the end of a resurgent season in which they reached the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time in nine years.

SMU is hiring Maryland athletic director Damon Evans to serve in the same position, the school announced Friday. Evans will replace Rick Hart, who helped guide SMU into the ACC la

SMU announced Damon Evans as SMU’s new athletic director on March 22. Just five days later, the university welcomed Evans to the Hilltop during a press conference in the Miller Event Center inside Moody Coliseum.

Maryland coach Kevin Willard said Friday there's "no situation" between him and athletic director Damon Evans after Evans' departure for SMU:

Maryland star Derik Queen was noncommittal about his future after throwing out a ceremonial first pitch at the Baltimore Orioles’ home opener Monday.

The university officially announced on Friday the hiring of former Maryland AD Damon Evans, who will be replacing Rick Hart in the role.

SMU’s ambitions are far greater in scale than its 234-acre campus and relatively small student population. “We are the university in this state,” new SMU athletic director Damon Evans said Thursday during his introductory news conference at the Miller Event Center.