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Ralph Friedgen is a former head football coach of the University of Maryland Terrapins, a post he held from the 2001 season until 2010. Friedgen originally came to College Park as a player after a standout high school career in Harrison, N.Y., where he played quarterback on his father's team. At Maryland, Friedgen was switched to offensive guard. After graduating from Maryland in 1970, Friedgen embarked on his coaching career, starting as a graduate assistant with the Terps. He followed that up with assistant coaching positions at The Citadel, William & Mary, Murray State and then back to Maryland from 1982-86. The Terps made four bowl games and won three consecutive ACC championships during...
Ralph Friedgen is a former head football coach of the University of Maryland Terrapins, a post he held from the 2001 season until 2010. Friedgen originally came to College Park as a player after a standout high school career in Harrison, N.Y., where he played quarterback on his father's team. At Maryland, Friedgen was switched to offensive guard. After graduating from Maryland in 1970, Friedgen embarked on his coaching career, starting as a graduate assistant with the Terps. He followed that up with assistant coaching positions at The Citadel, William & Mary, Murray State and then back to Maryland from 1982-86. The Terps made four bowl games and won three consecutive ACC championships during this time. After a five-year stint as Georgia Tech's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (which included a Yellow Jackets national title in 1990), Friedgen moved to the NFL with the San Diego Chargers. There he coached under Bobby Ross, who also had Friedgen on his staffs at Maryland, Georgia Tech and The Citadel. The NFL highlight for Friedgen was the Chargers' 1994 Super Bowl appearance. After the 1996 season, Friedgen returned to Georgia Tech for a four-year stint as offensive coordinator. Maryland fired head coach Ron Vanderlinden in 2000, and athletic director Debbie Yow tapped Friedgen for his first head coaching job ever. During his first year at the helm (2001), Maryland won its first ACC championship since 1985. For that accomplishment, Friedgen was named national coach of the year. Friedgen was replaced at Maryland by Randy Edsall.
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Edsall hopes Terps have formula for success
bobp@herald-mail.comRandy Edsall doesn’t look like a mad scientist, but he is known to dabble in chemistry. That’s what it comes down to for the University of Maryland’s second-year football coach. He has a formula ... it’s a matter of getting it...Tags: Randy Edsall, Football, Maryland Terrapins, Sports, National Football League
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Edsall willing to take his lumps while building Terps as a program
bobp@herald-mail.comYou might say that Randy Edsall and the University of Maryland football program are in a honeymoon period. The second-year coach and the Terrapins are going through the changes and compromises that come at the beginning of most unions. Those are the...Tags: College Sports, Atlantic Coast Conference, Randy Edsall, Football, Maryland Terrapins
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Parasiliti: Terps' Edsall breaks mold
bobp@herald-mail.comImage is everything. That’s what they say ... at least when they are selling cameras. But image is more than just a picture. It’s also a perspective. It’s a focus, even in camera land. And at times, it is even a stereotype....Tags: College Sports, Atlantic Coast Conference, Philosophy, Orange Bowl, University of Connecticut
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Edsall: Terps' offense ahead of defense
Staff CorrespondentWhen Randy Edsall was hired as Ralph Friedgen’s successor at the University of Maryland in January, he knew he was inheriting a talented team. The challenge wasn’t necessarily in developing those players, but in getting them to buy into...Tags: NFL Draft, Atlantic Coast Conference, Randy Edsall, Football, Maryland Terrapins
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Keller: Longtime fans won't be moved by Terps' uniforms
keller@herald-mail.comTurns out that tremor felt up and down the East Coast on Tuesday wasn’t really an earthquake after all. Nope, that was the aftershock of the Maryland football team unveiling its new uniforms. If you haven’t seen them yet, think Oregon,...Tags: Education, Kevin Anderson, Atlantic Coast Conference, Colleges and Universities, Oregon Ducks
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 14
Friedgen was an upstanding college coach To the editor: Ralph Friedgen, former head football coach at the University of Maryland, got a bad deal. He was fired after 10 seasons as the leader of the Terps football program. We must...Tags: Education, Joe Paterno, Football, Colleges and Universities, Maryland Terrapins
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Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down - Jan. 1
Thumbs up to Andrew Kipe, who's leaving as executive director of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra to accept a position with the Phoenix Symphony. A Washington County native, Kipe has been a quiet, effective leader of one of the county's cultural jewels. We...Tags: Christmas, Education, Thumbs, Kevin Anderson, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Parasiliti: Terps hire substance over style
Sex sells. That two-word phase is the unofficial motto of advertising. Display something in a provocative, suggestive and subliminal light, chances are you’ll make the sale or at least pique interest. In most cases, bacon has more sizzle....Tags: Education, Kevin Anderson, Basketball, Athletes, Atlantic Coast Conference
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The Last Word with Kevin Dorsey
The Baltimore SunWith the 18th pick in the seventh round of last month’s NFL draft, the first – and only – Maryland football player went off the board. Kevin Dorsey, whose long wait ended two Saturdays ago with a call from the Green Bay Packers, is set...Tags: NFL Draft, Torrey Smith, LaQuan Williams, Randy Edsall, Football
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Will the Terps play in a bowl game in 2013 -- and if so, which one?
The Baltimore SunThough bowl games and Maryland Terrapins have been mutually exclusive terms in the first two years under Randy Edsall, many believe that will change in 2013. Given the fact that the Terps seemed to be headed toward becoming bowl-eligible last season...Tags: Sun Bowl, Atlantic Coast Conference, Orange Bowl, Florida State Seminoles, Franklin American Corporation
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In new Big Ten, Penn State football expects to grow more comfortable in Maryland
Penn State has had a run of the neighborhood for as long as anyone can remember, from its years as the most successful independent Division I-A football program on the East Coast and a national power, to a little more than the past two decades in the...
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Promise of Terps' past two football recruiting classes gives Randy Edsall hope
In a perfect world, Randy Edsall can envision the day when the Maryland football team plays before packed crowds at Byrd Stadium, when the Terps challenge perennial powers in their league, when he and his staff attract most of the top high school talent...
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