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It’s a strange setup for Maryland football’s offense this season.

Pep Hamilton is out as offensive coordinator. Clint Trickett is in. Hamilton is still in the building, just in a different role.

And Hamilton is still being paid far more than the coach now dictating the offense.

According to budget documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun, Hamilton, 51, is set to make $1.25 million this season as special assistant to coach Michael Locksley. Trickett, Maryland’s new 35-year-old offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, will make $450,000 in his first year with the Terps.

The math is hard to ignore: Maryland’s former offensive coordinator is making nearly three times as much as its current one.

Hamilton’s three-year deal, signed when he was hired as offensive coordinator last year, is far richer and more layered. It includes a $550,000 base salary plus supplemental income that started at $450,000 and increased by $250,000 on Jan. 1. It will increase by another $250,000 on Jan. 1, 2027. He also received a $250,000 longevity payment for remaining employed through Feb. 16, 2026, and is eligible for another $250,000 payment if he remains employed through Feb. 16, 2027.

Trickett’s deal is simpler. He will make $450,000 this year and $500,000 in 2027, putting the total base value of his two-year contract at $950,000 — less than Hamilton is scheduled to make this season alone.

So what exactly is Hamilton’s role?

On media day in March, Locksley framed Hamilton’s new position as a behind-the-scenes role focused on practice organization, football technology and advance scouting, while also easing some of Locksley’s workload as he becomes more involved with the offense.

It is not a play-calling role. But it remains a seven-figure one.

“Everybody that knows Pep knows Pep is like a lab rat. He’s one of those guys that stays on top of the efficiency of how to organize,” Locksley said. “He’ll offer a lot of advice. He’ll be able to work ahead of opponents, he’ll be able to be at a lot of places and take some pressure off of me.”

Hamilton’s experience helps explain why Maryland valued keeping him in the building. Before arriving in College Park, he spent more than two decades coaching in college and the NFL, including offensive coordinator stops with the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts and Stanford. He also worked with quarterbacks for the Chargers, Bears, 49ers and Jets.

Hamilton’s $1.25 million in scheduled annual compensation ties him with defensive coordinator Ted Monachino as Maryland’s highest-paid assistant coach.

The new structure comes after Maryland’s second straight 4-8 season, one defined by offensive imbalance and inconsistency during quarterback Malik Washington’s first year as the starter.

The Terps could not run the ball. They ranked second-to-last in the Big Ten in rushing yards per game, scored 23.5 points per game and often left Washington to carry the offense through the air. His conference-high passing attempts said as much about Maryland’s limitations as they did about his workload.

So Maryland made a change.

But instead of moving on from Hamilton entirely, the Terps kept him on staff and hired Trickett to take over the offense. That leaves Maryland paying $1.25 million to the former play-caller and $450,000 to the new one.

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The arrangement comes as the university tightens spending elsewhere, with a hiring freeze, limited travel, paused long-term projects and plans to eliminate at least 150 positions amid a 10% reduction in state funding, according to an email sent to the campus community last week. Athletics spending has drawn added scrutiny, too.

In fiscal 2025, Maryland paid $439,271 to move on from former defensive coordinator Brian Williams, more than half of the $661,024 in severance paid to departing coaches across all sports. Locksley was Maryland’s highest-paid state employee in 2025 despite a 37-49 record with the Terps. Men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams and women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese followed as the next-highest earners.

For Locksley, entering the penultimate season of a contract worth more than $6 million annually, the move carries the feel of urgency. Trickett is Maryland’s fifth offensive coordinator in eight seasons. No play-caller has lasted more than two years during Locksley’s tenure — Dan Enos held the job from 2021 to 2022, Josh Gattis and Kevin Sumlin shared the role after that, and Hamilton lasted one season before being moved into a different role.

That makes Trickett less of a routine staff addition and more of the latest attempt to solve a problem Maryland has not been able to stabilize.

“This is [Locksley’s] offense, his show, it’s my job to come in and add some different variants to what he’s already done,” Trickett said at media day. “Tempo is going to be the biggest difference we’ll utilize. We want to get as many snaps as we can.”

His first task is obvious: restore balance.

At Jacksonville State in 2025, Trickett coordinated an offense that averaged more than 408 yards per game, second in Conference USA, and leaned heavily on one of the nation’s most productive rushing attacks at more than 240 yards per game.

For Maryland, that resume matters. After a season spent asking Washington to throw again and again, the Terps are paying their new coordinator far less than the man he replaced to fix the part of the offense that never gave its quarterback much help.

“College football — it’s win now. I mean, it doesn’t matter who you’re playing for, who your coach is for,” Trickett said. “It is always win now, and that’s what I’ve learned in this thing.”

Washington, for his part, said the transition has been manageable. He said Locksley first introduced him to Trickett before the new coordinator came to campus, and his early impression was positive.

“He’s a great person, and I’m looking forward to really working with him,” Washington said.

Learning another playbook after one season as Maryland’s starter will take time, Washington said, but he credited Trickett’s approach for making the process easier.

Hamilton’s contract does not appear to include a pay-reduction clause tied to a change in title or play-calling responsibilities, allowing Maryland to shift him into a special assistant role while keeping his compensation intact.

A similar pay inversion has surfaced elsewhere. At Nebraska, Marcus Satterfield remained on staff as tight ends coach after being demoted from offensive coordinator during the 2024 season, while Dana Holgorsen took over as offensive coordinator. Satterfield was still set to make about $1.4 million in 2025, more than Holgorsen’s $1.2 million annual salary.

With Maryland, Trickett gets the fix-it job. The bigger payday still belongs to Hamilton.

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New Denver Broncos running back fulfilled a promise to his grandmother before being drafted in the fourth round of the 2026 NFL draft: his promise to obtain a college degree.

"Just being the first in my family to go to college, and then the first in my family to graduate is something that I take pride in," Coleman said shortly after being drafted by Denver. "Just being able to walk around with that and know that I did that ultimately for my grandma, who I did make a promise to that I was going to graduate and get my college degree. Just being able to be the first in my family to do that is something that means a lot to me."

Not only did Coleman graduate college, he was a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, otherwise known as the Academic Heisman. Coleman graduated from Washington with a degree in education.

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"Just going through that whole process, the academic staff and working with them and having a plan mapped out that ultimately helped me graduate early and stuff before I went to the NFL," Coleman said. "That also did play a part in why I came back for my senior season at Washington.”

Coleman's senior year was punctuated by a career-high 17 touchdowns from scrimmage, all of which helped him become a better student of the game, and through his studies.

Coleman and his fellow draftees will report for Denver's rookie minicamp this week (May 8-10).

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In the fourth round of the 2026 NFL draft, the Indianapolis Colts selected Kentucky offensive lineman Jalen Farmer. Let's take a closer look at Farmer's game with what a few draft experts had to say in their final scouting reports.

Farmer is a two-year starter with all of his snaps coming at right guard. Farmer was stout in pass protection, surrendering only 14 pressures and three sacks over 457 pass-blocking snaps in 2025. He also graded out fairly well in the run game by PFF's metrics.

Although he played guard in college, GM Chris Ballard believes he has the flexibility to play tackle as well.

Farmer could push Matt Goncalves or even Jalen Travis for playing time this summer. "It'd be nice to add him in the mix and watch him compete," Ballard said.

Lance Zierlein, NFL.com

"A two-year starting right guard, Farmer's run blocking is ahead of his pass protection. He isn’t broad or girthy, but he features a compact point of power and good core strength. He’s a plus drive blocker capable of leveraging and finishing his work but sees diminishing returns when blocking in space. Farmer will block what is in front of him in protection but frequently stalls his feet when punching, allowing active rushers to slip into his edges and find the pocket. He’s capable when working duo and man-to-man blocks downhill, but his ceiling will be defined by his improvement in pass protection."

Todd McShay, The Ringer

"Farmer doesn’t appear ready to be an NFL starter, but he’s naturally talented enough to provide depth as a rookie and develop into a starter over time. Dylan Parham has a similar athletic profile: drafted late in the third round of 2022, he exceeded expectations by starting 63 games the past four seasons."

Pro Football Network

"Farmer is a young and ascending prospect with an enticing physical foundation. At 6'5", 317 pounds, he has excellent lean mass, a thick and strong lower body, and good proportional length. With his initial explosion, mass, length, and mean mauler mentality, he can slab interior defenders off the line, as well as torque through and seal off gaps with his core strength. And in pass protection, he has a naturally strong anchor and above-average leverage acquisition skills. His game needs more refinement before he can reach his ceiling, but that ceiling is a quality starter."

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Derek McInnes has been speaking to the media before Hearts' crucial Premiership trip to face Motherwell on Saturday.

Here are the key lines:

• Hearts have quickly moved on from the "feelgood factor" of Monday night's "big win" over Rangers: "As soon as you have your shower after the game, it just about Motherwell."
• McInnes insists no one should question the mentality of his players as they bid to complete a stunning title win. "I think anybody who actually questions the mentality now hasn't been watching us," he says. "Regardless of how this season plays out, you don't, at Hearts, get to 76 points with three games to go if you've not got a good mentality because there's pressures at this club you need to deal with. There's an insistence on winning games here and an expectation, so the players have answered that time and again".
• With two draws and a defeat, Motherwell have been "problematic" for Hearts this season and McInnes admits: "We have to be honest, in all three games they could have beaten us."
• The Steelmen "constantly test your organisation" and McInnes adds: "They look like a team who enjoy playing and what they've been asked to do. But they've also got very good players. I sometimes think that gets left behind. It's all about how well-coached they are and how they play, the style."
• On whether victory at Fir Park would be a huge step towards the title, which Hearts could clinch as early as Wednesday, McInnes says: "Who knows how big a step it is. It's just three points. We can't get obsessed with all the different connotations and what happens there if we win that one and they win that one. It's not our thinking, I have no time for that. The message to the players is just concentrate and try to win a game against Motherwell."
• Cammy Devlin and Harry Milne are "quietly getting there" after injury and could be available for Saturday. Craig Gordon is back in light training.
• McInnes pays tribute to his players and staff after winning his second manager of the year award: "For any manager at any level, any club, you still need good support round about you. I've had that. My relationship with Graeme Jones and the board have helped that. But the relationship with the players has been way more than that. It's been so strong from the start and I think the players have deserved it. They're the biggest driver for any individual awards."
• With a three-point lead and just three games to go, the Hearts squad remain "pretty relaxed" and McInnes says: "We have conversations that aren't about the games and the season. It's just normal conversations you would try and have to keep that as normal as possible."
• On how he's coping with the title pressure and expectation, McInnes admits he enjoys the wins and how "everybody feels at the end, because I do feel that responsibility" while admitting he finds it difficult to switch off.