Maryland football decided to move on from Mike Locksley on Wednesday. Locksley was fired after dropping to 2-5 this season and 39-54 overall as head coach, which included an interim stint back in 2015.
In the aftermath of the termination, student journalists for the Testudo Times, the student-run Maryland athletic news site, were questioned by police, per a post by Nolan Rogalski of the Testudo Times.
“For @testudotimes, @JudeWilkenfeld and I were outside Jones-Hill House trying to get players to comment. An athletics staffer took pictures of us, and a police dispatch was called for suspicious activity; a cop and 2 cop cars pulled up, and officers ID’d us and asked us to leave,” the post from Rogalski on X, formerly Twitter, read.
The students appeared not to be causing harm nor doing anything that would be deemed illegal. It is unknown why the staffer called the police. Still, it is common practice for student-run news affiliates to try to get comments after a coach is let go. Last season, by this point in October, seven coaches had already been fired, and in most cases, student-run news outlets tried to get comments.
A spokesperson on behalf of the University of Maryland Police Department and Maryland Athletics released a statement regarding the interaction.
Article Continues Below“UMPD was contacted today, October 21, 2026, about two individuals who were standing outside of Jones Hill House. Due to heightened concerns for staff and player safety around the football program in recent weeks, there has been increased security around athletics facilities. A UMPD officer approached the two individuals, learned they were with a campus media organization, recorded student IDs, and no report was taken. UMPD and Maryland Athletics respect the First Amendment rights of all journalists reporting in public spaces,” the statement read.
Maryland is off this week as they move to their interim coach. Their next game is a home date against Illinois on October 31.