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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Former Maryland head coach D.J. Durkin was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Mississippi last month.

Durkin doesn’t deserve to coach again

By Stephen Thompson, Assistant Sports Editor January 6, 2020
Recently, “tragic” has been misused time and time again to describe the death of former Maryland football player Jordan McNair. His head coach D.J. Durkin, strength coach Rick Court and Maryland’s athletic administration all came under scrutiny, and the conclusions of the investigations paint Durkin as someone unfit for a college coaching job — though that didn’t stop Ole Miss from hiring him last month.
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