Injury-riddled Terps defense was last in ACC
Maryland made it official today, announcing that defensive coordinator Todd Bradford will not return. The sides agreed to a negotiated buyout of Bradford’s contract, which had two years remaining at $350,000 per season.
Bradford lasted just one season with the Terrapins. The injury-riddled Maryland defense ranked last in the ACC, yielding 34.2 points and 457 yards per game. In the season finale, the Terps were humiliated by N.C. State 56-41, as the Wolfpack scored the last 42 points, in a game that Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson observed from the sidelines.
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“We appreciate Todd’s efforts this past season and wish him well in his future endeavors,” head coach Randy Edsall said in a statement. “It is the right time for us to move forward in a different direction.”
Bradford, the former defensive coordinator at Southern Miss (2008-10), came to Maryland to coach defensive backs. But when Maryland two-year defensive coordinator Don Brown made a surprise move to U-Conn, Bradford assumed his duties.
Bradford has also been an assistant at Lehigh, Louisiana Tech, Wisconsin, Middle Tennessee, Brigham Young, and Oklahoma State.
