Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images(OXFORD, Miss.) — Former Maryland head coach DJ Durkin has joined the Ole Miss football program as an assistant coach, the school announced on Thursday.
This is Durkin’s first coaching job since he was fired by Maryland in 2018, following two investigations into the death of 19-year-old offensive lineman Jordain McNair from heatstroke.
Durkin was placed on administrative leave after McNair’s death on June 13, 2018, while the university investigated both the workout that led to McNair’s death and the culture in Durkin’s program after allegations of abuse surfaced in an ESPN report.
In a statement,
