Mark Turgeon's time at Maryland is over as the school announced a mutual parting of ways on Friday.
Turgeon has been Maryland's head coach since the 2011 season, leading the Terrapins to the 2020 Big Ten regular season title and to five NCAA Tournament appearances in six chances. He was also named the 2015 Big Ten coach of the year.
"After several in depth conversations with Damon, I have decided that the best thing for Maryland Basketball, myself and my family is to step down, effective immediately, as the head coach of Maryland Basketball," Turgeon said in the announcement. "I have always preached that Maryland Basketball is bigger than any one individual. My departure will enable a new voice to guide the team moving forward."
Maryland has named assistant coach Danny Manning the program's interim head coach and says it will conduct a national search for its next head coach following the season.
Turgeon made headlines in Columbus during the 2020 season when he complained about the officiating following his team's 79-72 loss to Ohio State, claiming officials allowed Kaleb Wesson to "be a bully offensively," before doubling down on the comments a few days later. This elicited a response from Holtmann, who called Turgeon's comments "inappropriate" and said he's "never seen this much conversation after a loss."
Holtmann said the two were able to put their beef to rest, however.
"Mark and I had a postseason conversation where we hashed some things out, but you know how the season tends to drudge some of that back up in January," Holtmann said in May of 2020. "But he's a good man."
The Terrapins are 5-3 on the season and are coming off of back-to-back losses to Louisville and Virginia Tech.
