Maryland’s football team got a bit of good news today when they were informed that the NCAA has cleared Taulia Tagovailoa’s transfer waiver had been approved.
Tagovailoa will be eligible immediately.
Aloha means Eligible! ?@tauliaa12 is IN for 2020. pic.twitter.com/7rS5ZUJ9hr
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) August 7, 2020
In other news, head coach Michael Locksley announced the creation of the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches.
The goal of the nonprofit organization is to identify and groom coaches of color (male and female) for upward mobility. It will also create a candidates list that will be vetted by a board of directors.
The members of the board is a distinguished list.
- Ozzie Newsome, Hall of Famer on college and pro levels, first Black general manager in the NFL, overseer of two Super Bowl winners in Baltimore.
- Nick Saban, University of Alabama head coach and six-time national champion.
- Bill Polian, Pro Football Hall of Fame general manager whose teams participated in five Super Bowls, winning one.
- Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach, two-time Super Bowl participant and XLIII winner.
- Doug Williams, Super Bowl XXII MVP quarterback and Washington Football Team executive.
- Oliver “Buddy” Pough, South Carolina State head coach.
- Willie Jeffries, first Black head coach in Division I football at Wichita State.
- Chris Grier, Miami Dolphins general manager.
- Debbie Yow, retired basketball coach and pioneering college administrator.
- Rick Smith, former Houston Texans general manager.
- Desiree Reed-Francois, UNLV athletic director and first Hispanic female and woman of color to be AD at an FBS school.
