This is a Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps-related news.
Maryland men’s basketball announced Wednesday two additions to head coach Buzz Williams’ staff. Aki Collins will join an assistant coach director of player personnel, and Greg Young will be special assistant to the head coach.
Collins comes to College Park after a two-year stint as director of recruiting and retention for Overtime Elite. His most recent college experience came as an assistant coach at Penn State, where he was a key cog for the program’s recruiting, according to Maryland’s release.
Young has decades of coaching experience at the college level. He was most recently associate head coach at Troy starting in 2023, and was head coach at UT Arlington from 2021 until 2023.
In other news
Maryland athletics announced Utah State athletics director Diana Sabau as its new senior deputy athletic director.
Welcome, Diana Sabau!
Veteran Big Ten executive Diana Sabau has been named Senior Deputy Athletic Director for Maryland Athletics.
Full release: https://t.co/YaeFbrozD2 pic.twitter.com/MFAYYttcMH
— Maryland Terrapins (@umterps) July 9, 2025
Maryland football announced the themes for its 2025 home games.
Game themes for the 2025 season are here
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— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) July 9, 2025
Seton Hall junior outfielder Lauren Caye has transferred to Maryland softball.
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We are thrilled to announce a superstar graduate transfer to our Terp family…let’s welcome Lauren Caye to College Park! #FearTheTurtle pic.twitter.com/XeJgjWaQvw
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) July 9, 2025
Former Maryland radio analyst and Maryland graduate Tim Strachan passed away at the age of 49.
The Maryland football family is heartbroken to learn of the passing of former radio analyst and alum, Tim Strachan. A 1999 graduate of Maryland, Tim served as a student assistant coach and later joined Johnny Holliday in the broadcast booth. Tim was an incredible motivational… pic.twitter.com/0HrUMopz1g
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) July 9, 2025
Four-star 2027 offensive lineman Maxwell Hiller has Maryland football in his top-eight schools.
Blue chip OL @HillerMaxwell has a top eight, and he explains how he got there https://t.co/EQ6DcDn4Hc pic.twitter.com/6vmcxVMFF6
— BrianDohn247 (@BrianDohn247) July 9, 2025
Composite five-star 2027 defensive lineman Jalen Brewster, the top defensive lineman in his class in 247Sports’ composite rankings, received an offer from Maryland football.
#AGTG I am blessed to receive an offer from University of Maryland @TedMonachino @DavidBrownlee_ @TheCoachNWard @CoachGreedy @RecruitTheHill1 @On3sports @Rivals @247recruiting @TomLoy247 @samspiegs @MikeRoach247 @CharlesPower @TFloss32 pic.twitter.com/uYpbOCjHsi
— Jalen Brewster (@j8ylen_) July 9, 2025
Three-star 2027 athlete Jonathan Galette received an offer from Maryland football.
Blessed to receive an offer From Maryland!! Go terps. @SJRCoachAug @Nathan_Stephe @Aazaar23 @4GoLive @SWiltfong_ @BrianDohn247 @adamgorney @ChadSimmons_ @On3Richie @On3sports pic.twitter.com/o2uIzdu4zE
— Jonathan Galette (@JonathanGalett4) July 9, 2025
Three-star 2027 cornerback David Coleman Jr. has received an offer from Maryland football.
Extremely Blessed To Receive An Offer From @TerpsFootball …. @4GoLive @coachjthomas11 @Royals__FB @JeffConawayTFA @cmitchell2284 @Coach_JGill @MoffettMan9 @JohnGarcia_Jr @JMarkG1962 @TomLoy247 @LemmingReport @DemetricDWarren @RealNews102 @Rivals @On3sports @247Sports… pic.twitter.com/uGCSNf4PUC
— David L Coleman Jr (@DavidLColemanJ2) July 9, 2025