SMU is hiring Maryland athletic director Damon Evans to serve in the identical place, sources advised CBS Sports activities. 

Evans will substitute Rick Hart, who helped information SMU into the ACC final 12 months. Beforehand serving as Georgia athletic director, Evans has been at Maryland since 2014 and labored as the college’s AD since 2018. He was not too long ago named to the Faculty Soccer Playoff Choice Committee. 

SMU not too long ago employed away Jay Hartzell from Texas to be its new president. Hartzell is believed to have made a run at Texas athletics director Chris Del Conte, who brushed away these rumors in February. 

The timing of SMU hiring Evans is especially attention-grabbing for Maryland as hypothesis continues to swirl round Villanova’s curiosity in Terrapins basketball coach Kevin Willard. He guided Maryland to a second-place common season end within the Large Ten and a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event. 

The Terps are scheduled to play 13-seed Grand Canyon on Friday afternoon. Willard beforehand spent 12 seasons teaching within the Large East at Seton Corridor, and sources have indicated he nonetheless has a powerful affinity for the convention. 

Talking forward of the first-round sport, Willard mentioned Evans “might be going to SMU,” and he spoke concerning the challenges of NIL calls for. 

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Villanova fired Kyle Neptune after three seasons wherein the Wildcats didn’t make an NCAA Event berth. Neptune succeeded Jay Wright, who gained two nationwide championships on the Philadelphia-area faculty.