Report: Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams 'trying to get involved' for Maryland job if it opens

What’s going on right now at Maryland is having an effect on the coaching landscape all over college basketball. That, reportedly, includes a development now down in College Station.

Per Jeff Goodman at the Field of 68, Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams is “trying to get involved” with the Terrapins’ job if Kevin Willard were to leave. That’s with Willard still in connection to the current vacancy at Villanova.

“Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams trying to get involved in Maryland if/when it opens, source told @TheFieldOf68,” Goodman tweeted on Friday.

Willard is more so at the center of this than Williams is. Willard (335-249 – .574), who is 65-39 (.625) in his three-year tenure there, has been one of the coaches connected to the job at ‘Nova as of late since their firing of Kyle Neptune back two weeks ago, especially during his run in the NCAA Tournament. It has brought about the question of the resources he has in College Park despite just having his best season there yet at 27-9 (.750) and just getting the Terrapins back into the Sweet 16 this year.

The season for Maryland came to an end last night with a loss to Florida. Reporting coming out of the season-ending loss was that Willard planned to take the job at Villanova, but nothing new has emerged as of Friday afternoon.

However, if or when Willard did leave Maryland, the carousel would turn to the new open job with the ‘Terps. That’s where Williams comes in coming out of his sixth season with the Aggies. Williams (373-228 – .621) is 120-73 (.622) through his tenure at A&M, having posted similar resumés at his previous two stops at Virginia Tech and Marquette.

However, Williams is coming off a four-year run where Texas A&M is 96-49 (.662). It’s a three-year run where the Aggies have been ranked and made the NCAA Tournament in each, including being 23-11 (.676) and earning one of their all-time highest seeds this year as a No. 4 seed. The Aggies could be looking at a rebuild after losing eight key seniors to graduation.

Time will tell if Maryland even has a job that becomes available. If it does, though, Williams could quickly become a candidate considering his apparent interest in it per Goodman.