Report: Additional details revealed on Kevin Steele leaving Maryland for Miami job

The Maryland Terrapins got a bit of a shock on Tuesday as the rug was pulled right from under them. After agreeing to terms with Kevin Steele to become the new defensive coordinator at Maryland last week, Steel has jumped ship to Miami.

For those who follow college football, this sequence of events would definitely constitute as confusing, to say the least. But fortunately, Fox Sports Bruce Feldman reveals some behind-the-scenes workings and information to make sense of it all.

“The Kevin Steele deal shows just how wild the CFB hiring process is. He’d verbally accepted the Maryland job last wk, started working Friday, & was recruiting for the Terps. This afternoon, while sitting in his office at Maryland, he told them that he was taking the Canes DC job,” wrote Feldman via Twitter.

Steele has worked at some of the biggest programs in the country, most recently working at Tennessee as the interim head coach between Jeremy Pruitt and Josh Heupel. Before then, he was the defensive coordinator for Auburn and has held the same position at Alabama, Clemson, and LSU.

Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated also chimed in, posting this picture to show everybody how strong was Maryland conviction that they had found their man. 

The Kevin Steele-> Maryland-> Miami situation is a wild one. He'd been on the ground working in College Park, recruiting for the Terps & about to officially sign a contract.

His name plate was already on his office door. pic.twitter.com/2LJSAnyihF

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) February 2, 2022

Maryland to hire Gunter Brewer

The Maryland Terrapins are expected to hire Louisville’s Gunter Brewer as their next receivers coach, per On3’s Matt Zenitz. He is set to replace Zohn Burden, who joined the staff at Duke this offseason.

Brewer has spent the past three seasons in Louisville after a one-year stint with the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles. He has also coached for Oklahoma State, North Carolina, Ole Miss and Marshall in the college ranks.

Early in his career, Brewer got the opportunity to work with receivers who would go on to become stars. He coached Randy Moss while at Marshall and Dez Bryant with Oklahoma State. The coach was a part of the 1996 Marshall team that went undefeated and claimed a NCAA Division I-AA national championship.

Maryland already has a talented receiving corps for its new coach to work with. The Terps return Rakim Jarrett, who led the team with 829 yards receiving and five touchdowns this past season. They also get star receiver Dontay Demus back from a season-ending knee injury and added Florida transfer Jacob Copeland.

The Terrapins also bring back starting quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, the younger brother of Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. He finished the year with 3,860 passing yards, 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.