With Kevin Willard’s departure to Villanova, Maryland needs a new men’s basketball coach. The Terps need to move quickly with the transfer portal already open as teams look to build for next season.
Here’s a look at a few names who could conceivably land the job:
Tony Skinn, George Mason coach
Skinn worked as an assistant under Willard at Maryland for the 2022-23 season and has had success the past two seasons at George Mason. The reigning Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year led the Patriots to 27 wins, a share of the Atlantic 10 regular-season title and the conference tournament championship game this past season, as well as a first-round victory in the NIT. He is 47-21 in his two seasons at George Mason, where he helped lead the team to the 2006 Final Four as a player. Skinn recently agreed to a one-year contract extension that ties him to the school through the 2029-30 season.
Duane Simpkins, American coach
A former point guard at DeMatha Catholic and Maryland, Simpkins just wrapped up his second season as American’s coach. The Eagles went 22-13 this past season, winning the Patriot League Tournament title and making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014. Simpkins, 50, also has experience as a high school coach and college assistant at UNC Greensboro and George Mason.
Kim English, Providence coach
The Baltimore native and former Randallstown star went 34-29 in two seasons at George Mason — including an upset of Maryland in College Park — before heading to the Big East at Providence. After going 21-14 and reaching the NIT in his first season, the Friars struggled in 2024-25, dropping to 12-20. The 36-year-old also has experience as an assistant at Tulsa, Colorado and Tennessee under coach Rick Barnes.
Luke Murray, UConn assistant coach
Murray has coached under Dan Hurley for four seasons, including back-to-back national titles in 2023 and 2024. A former recruiting coordinator at Louisville and assistant at Towson, Murray has been ranked by ESPN as one of the top 10 coaches under 40 and by 247 Sports as one of the top five recruiters in the nation. He is a native of Palisades, New York, and a 2007 graduate of Fairfield University.
David Vanterpool, Washington Wizards assistant coach
Vanterpool, 51, played at Montgomery Blair High in Silver Spring before becoming a standout guard at St. Bonaventure and playing more than a decade as a professional, including with the Wizards in 2001. Although he’s never coached in college, he’s been working in the NBA since 2012, including stops with the Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets.
Porter Moser, Oklahoma coach
Moser took the Sooners to the NCAA Tournament this year after falling just shy of the event in his first three years leading the program. Before Oklahoma, he had significant success at Loyola Chicago, leading the program to a pair of Sweet 16 appearances and a Final Four. His teams have reached 20 wins in six of the past eight seasons.
Maryland paid Willard more than $4 million this season, while Moser made just over $3 million at Oklahoma.
Andy Enfield, SMU coach
The 55-year-old Pennsylvania native played college basketball at Johns Hopkins and earned an MBA from the University of Maryland. He began his career as an NBA assistant before head coaching stops at Florida Gulf Coast, Southern California and now SMU. He led both Florida Gulf Coast and USC to NCAA Tournament appearances, and SMU won 24 games and made the NIT this year, Enfield’s first at the school.
Enfield has a 285-186 career record as a coach, giving him a winning percentage just over .600. Willard’s career winning percentage is ...
