Williams leaves Aggies for Maryland hoops task

Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams has settled a six-year deal to end up being the next coach at Maryland, sources told ESPN.The relocation,

revealed Tuesday by Maryland, brings the seasoned head coach from the SEC to the Huge 10 and marks one of the highest-profile moves in this coaching carousel.Williams has reached 11 NCAA competitions over his 18 years as a head coach– a run that consists of five successive NCAA looks at Marquette, three straight at Virginia Tech and each of the last three years at Texas A&M. Williams has gone 373-228 as a college

head coach, that includes one year at New Orleans in 2006-07. This season, Texas A&M completed 23-11, can be found in fifth in the rugged SEC and earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Williams

will change Kevin Willard, who left for Villanova after a protracted and awkward exit from Maryland that consisted of a blunt assessment of the program’s deficiencies.Williams’ buyout to leave Texas A&M dropped to $1 million Tuesday, per his agreement

. Maryland is set to get$2 million from Villanova for Willard’s departure.Williams takes over a job with national championship expectations, as Gary Williams won the 2002 national title

there. Given that arriving in the Big 10 in 2014, the outcomes haven’t matched the consistent success that Williams delivered in the ACC. The Terrapins have reached the Sweet 16 simply twice since signing up with the Big 10, when under Mark Turgeon and under Willard this year.Buzz Williams is a recognized program builder and brings familiarity with the basic recruiting footprint from his time at Virginia Tech. The strength of the Maryland task lies in leveraging the DMV location, where Williams brings familiarity.Williams was at Virginia Tech from 2014 to 2019, going 100-69 over 5 seasons before leaving for Texas A&M. He led the Hokies to 3 consecutive NCAA tournaments for the first time in school history.The move marks the fourth power conference coach to leave one power league for another during this cycle, signing up with Willard’s jump to Villanova, Sean Miller’s move from Xavier to Texas and Darian DeVries’dive from West Virginia to Indiana.