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DJ Durkin's firing won't solve college football's deepest problems

  • Written by Joseph Cooper, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Connecticut
Former University of Maryland football coach DJ Durkin pictured on the field in an undated photo.mpi34/MediaPunch /IPX

Maryland college football coach DJ Durkin was ultimately fired after the death of a player during practice – and findings that his players were bullied and abused by coaches and staff over the course his three-year tenure....

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