This is a Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps-related news.
Maryland football named Brad Booth as its assistant strength coach on Tuesday.
Welcome to Terpsville, @CoachBBooth ‼️ pic.twitter.com/Ue1dJ6mI2C
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) June 3, 2025
Booth spent last season with Boise State as its assistant director of sports performance and will assume a similar position at Maryland.
Before Boise State, Booth was the assistant strength coach and a graduate assistant at Lenoir-Rhyne University in 2022 and 2023.
Booth played football at Division II Limestone from 2017 to 2020, . He was originally a linebacker and transitioned to tight end in 2019.
Booth becomes Maryland’s third assistant strength coach, alongside Chandler Wachholtz and Nick Tulloch. He will serve under associate strength Jason Wooding and director of strength and conditioning Ryan Davis.
In other news
Maryland men’s basketball gave an offer to five-star 2027 center Obinna Ezekie Jr., a California native who is the No. 7 player in his class in the 247Sports Composite.
Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Maryland. Really thankful for the opportunity #AllGloryToGod #Legacy pic.twitter.com/iXeiaaX6Xy
— Obi (@ObinnaEkezieJr) June 3, 2025
Maryland’s new athletic director Jim Smith visited Maryland field hockey and women’s lacrosse on Tuesday. Smith also visited Maryland football at Jones-Hill House.
Smiles all around as Jim Smith gets a personal tour of the Plex! pic.twitter.com/tEJenicrwh
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) June 3, 2025
Great to have our new AD Jim Smith stop by Jones-Hill House! pic.twitter.com/EGz0oTaGjl
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) June 3, 2025
Maryland men’s lacrosse earned the commitment of Vermont faceoff specialist Henry Dodge, according to Matt Chandik.
Henry Dodge has committed to Maryland. Terps’ FO unit gets a boost with Dodge, who led the country in winning percentage last year. https://t.co/mOR2ABCi7S pic.twitter.com/To0gjrc9X4
— Matt Chandik (@MChandik26) June 3, 2025
Former Maryland men’s basketball forward and No. 1 pick in the 1995 NBA Draft was named an assistant coach for Shell Shock TBT Team under head coach Juan Dixon, a former Maryland guard.
The @TBTTerps squad is looking tough! Excited to announce that Joe Smith (@JoeBeast95) is joining Juan Dixon’s coaching staff for the @thetournament pic.twitter.com/k1lgmRM2vS
— The Junkies (@JunksRadio) June 3, 2025