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Anderson's Maryland athletic director contract is for five years (2010–2015) at $401,015 annually, and offers up to $50,000 collectively in incentives for athletes' graduation rates and academic achievements, athletic fund-raising, and team success.<ref>http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-10-19/sports/bs-sp-terps-kevin-anderson-1020-20101019_1_debbie-yow-contract-wallace-d-loh</ref> |
Anderson's Maryland athletic director contract is for five years (2010–2015) at $401,015 annually, and offers up to $50,000 collectively in incentives for athletes' graduation rates and academic achievements, athletic fund-raising, and team success.<ref>http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-10-19/sports/bs-sp-terps-kevin-anderson-1020-20101019_1_debbie-yow-contract-wallace-d-loh</ref> |
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*On December 21, 2010, Anderson announced the firing of Maryland head football coach [[Ralph Friedgen]].<ref name="washPostFridgeFired">{{cite news|last=Yanda|first=Steve|author2=Prisbell, Eric|title=Maryland fires Ralph Friedgen after coach refuses to retire |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122005589.html|accessdate=21 December 2010|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=20 December 2010}}</ref> |
*On December 21, 2010, Anderson announced the firing of Maryland head football coach [[Ralph Friedgen]].<ref name="washPostFridgeFired">{{cite news|last=Yanda|first=Steve|author2=Prisbell, Eric|title=Maryland fires Ralph Friedgen after coach refuses to retire |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122005589.html|accessdate=21 December 2010|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=20 December 2010}}</ref> |
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*On January 2, 2011 Anderson hired [[Randy Edsall]], from [[UConn]], as the new Maryland head football coach. |
*On January 2, 2011 Anderson hired [[Randy Edsall]], from [[UConn]], as the new Maryland head football coach. He didn't hire Mike Leach, which was a complete mistake. Anderson should be fired immediately. He is a terrible athletic director and doesn't know what he is doing. <ref>http://www.diamondbackonline.com/sports/a-lost-year-for-edsall-1.2716721#.TtcJF2NFu7s</ref> |
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*On May 9, 2011 Anderson hired [[Mark Turgeon]], from [[Texas A&M]], as the new Maryland head basketball coach.[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/05/mark-turgeon-maryland-basketball-introduction/1] |
*On May 9, 2011 Anderson hired [[Mark Turgeon]], from [[Texas A&M]], as the new Maryland head basketball coach.[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/05/mark-turgeon-maryland-basketball-introduction/1] |
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Revision as of 04:57, 1 December 2011
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| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | University of Maryland |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Kevin Anderson is an American university sports administrator. Anderson is currently the athletic director for the Maryland Terrapins Division I sports program of the University of Maryland located in College Park, Maryland.
Early life and education
Anderson is a 1979 graduate of San Francisco State University with a bachelor's degree in political science. He has attended the Sports Management Institute's executive management program and the new manager school at Xerox.[1]
Athletic director career
United States Military Academy
Anderson's first Athletic Director position was at the United States Military Academy, where he directed the Army Black Knights from 2004-2010. At Army, Anderson was responsible for a 25-sport program, and an annual budget of $25 million, that served more than 900 cadet-athletes .[1][2]
- On December 26, 2008 Anderson hired Rich Ellerson, from Cal Poly, as the new Army head football coach.[1]
University of Maryland
Anderson's Maryland athletic director contract is for five years (2010–2015) at $401,015 annually, and offers up to $50,000 collectively in incentives for athletes' graduation rates and academic achievements, athletic fund-raising, and team success.[3]
- On December 21, 2010, Anderson announced the firing of Maryland head football coach Ralph Friedgen.[4]
- On January 2, 2011 Anderson hired Randy Edsall, from UConn, as the new Maryland head football coach. He didn't hire Mike Leach, which was a complete mistake. Anderson should be fired immediately. He is a terrible athletic director and doesn't know what he is doing. [5]
- On May 9, 2011 Anderson hired Mark Turgeon, from Texas A&M, as the new Maryland head basketball coach.[2]
References
- ^ a b http://www.umterps.com/genrel/090410aaa.html
- ^ http://www.goarmysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=11100&ATCLID=204988348&SPID=4610&SPSID=48157
- ^ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-10-19/sports/bs-sp-terps-kevin-anderson-1020-20101019_1_debbie-yow-contract-wallace-d-loh
- ^ Yanda, Steve; Prisbell, Eric (20 December 2010). "Maryland fires Ralph Friedgen after coach refuses to retire". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ http://www.diamondbackonline.com/sports/a-lost-year-for-edsall-1.2716721#.TtcJF2NFu7s
External links
- Biography on UMTerps.com