Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson has reportedly been fired according to Bobby Blanco of MASNsports.com and confirmed by former ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy. This was the initial tweet about his firing and McMurphy's subsequent confirmation:
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BREAKING: Kevin Anderson is out as athletic director at Maryland, per sources. #Terps
— Bobby Blanco (@Bobby_Blanco) October 14, 2017
Kevin Anderson, who has been on leave since Oct. 1, was fired today as Maryland’s AD. 1st reported by @Bobby_Blanco
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 14, 2017
Blanco goes on to detail the divorce between the school and the AD as it was not quite an outright firing:
Wallace Loh removed him on Oct 1. He was upset that Anderson sought the Cal AD job.
— Bobby Blanco (@Bobby_Blanco) October 14, 2017
No announcement yet and Maryland has not officially confirmed.
— Bobby Blanco (@Bobby_Blanco) October 14, 2017
And it would seem that the boosters know who they want as a replacement in former basketball coach and national title-winning Gary Williams:
Boosters are campaigning for Gary Williams to be Maryland’s new AD. Gary was shown on BTN this morning with AD title. #Terps
— Bobby Blanco (@Bobby_Blanco) October 14, 2017
So not only was the president of the University (Wallace Loh) upset with Anderson for potentially pursuing the California job —- that job is about to be vacated this coming May —- but it would seem that Anderson hasn't even been on campus for the last week.
Multiple reports have Maryland AD Kevin Anderson has been fired. Source said that Anderson hadn't been in College Park in over a week.
— Don Markus (@sportsprof56) October 14, 2017
All of this timing is incredibly curious as it's the middle of the football season and basketball season is right around the corner. Both of the men's and women's teams are expected to be pretty good this year to boot. Anderson has been on administrative leave since the first of this month as Blanco explained and that was supposed to go through this coming August. It remains to be seen if that is still in the cards with a potential firing on its way.
