Maryland Terrapins Head Coach DJ Durkin On His First Football Recruiting Class
DJ Durkin is the new Head Coach for the Maryland Terrapins football team.
Coach Durkin joined Ken and Steve to talk about his first recruiting class as the coach of Terps football.
Coach Durkin started off by talking about his first recruiting class and if he is pleased with their commitments saying "I think from top to bottom we are really pleased, we have guys representing every spot on the roster." As for the areas he and his staff focused on most Coach Durkin said "we have ten guys from the DMV, and we grabbed 7 guys from the state of Florida."
As for being behind by a couple years on the recruiting trail do to only being on the job for a couple months Coach Durkin said "recruiting really comes down to relationships and building relationships and you need time to do that...our coaching staff did a phenomenal job and leaned on people we know and trust in the areas."
As for whether Maryland wants to spend a lot of time down in FLorida recruiting in the future Coach Durkin said "I think most schools go down south at some point...I know we're going to spend most of our time right here in our own backyard, if we do a good job right here we can not only be competitive but we can win championships with the guys right here."
