Maryland athletic director Damon Evans has acquired a two-year contract extension by the 2028-29 athletic 12 months.
The brand new deal for Evans, who has led Maryland’s athletics division since June 2018, runs by June 2029. In 2022, he signed a contract extension by June 2027, though Maryland did not publicly announce that deal.
Evans’ new contract will increase his base wage to $1 million yearly, up from $725,000. He additionally will obtain $280,000 in annual supplemental revenue, elevated from $120,000.
“In a transformative time within the collegiate panorama, Damon has proved to be an especially efficient chief in guiding our athletic division to championship heights, each on and off the taking part in fields,” college president Darryll Pines stated in an announcement. “He has positioned our Terrapins for long-term success on the nationwide stage and I could not be extra happy to have him main the division for years to return.”
Evans performed soccer at Georgia and served as athletic director at his alma mater from 2004 to 2010. He got here to Maryland in 2014 as senior affiliate athletic director and took over as interim athletic director in October 2017, after Kevin Anderson went on sabbatical.
Throughout Evans’ tenure as AD, Maryland has three nationwide championships and 49 Massive Ten championships or event titles — the third most of any league member within the span. Evans employed soccer coach Mike Locksley in 2018 and males’s basketball coach Kevin Willard in 2022.
