27 Facts About Mike Locksley

Michael Anthony Locksley was born on December 25,1969 and is an American football coach.

Mike Locksley is currently the head football coach at the University of Maryland, a position he had held since 2019.

In 2015, Mike Locksley was named the interim head coach at Maryland after Randy Edsall was relieved of his duties.

Mike Locksley did not return to Maryland after that season, joining the University of Alabama as an offensive analyst.

Mike Locksley was promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2018 season, and that year received the Broyles Award, given to the nation's top assistant coach.

Mike Locksley grew up in inner-city Washington DC, and attended Ballou High School.

Mike Locksley played college football at Towson State University, now Towson University.

Mike Locksley redshirted his first year on the Towson State Tigers and then spent two seasons sharing time at safety and then cornerback, backing up Towson veteran Bryant Hall.

Mike Locksley was named the Tigers' Defensive Player of the Year for his senior season.

Mike Locksley graduated in the spring of 1992 with a degree in marketing.

Mike Locksley served as defensive backs coach and special teams coach at Towson State for the 1992 season, then defensive coordinator at Naval Academy Preparatory School in 1993 and 1994, was outside linebackers coach at the University of the Pacific for 1995, then spent the 1996 season coaching tight ends and split ends at Army.

Mike Locksley became the running backs coach for the University of Maryland under head coach Ron Vanderlinden in February 1997.

In February 2003, after six years at Maryland, Mike Locksley was named as running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Florida under Ron Zook, replacing Tyke Tolbert, who left to be a coach with the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL.

Mike Locksley was named offensive coordinator at Illinois in January 2005, replacing Larry Fedora who went to Oklahoma State University, pairing Mike Locksley again with head coach Ron Zook.

Mike Locksley is credited with luring at least nine players from the Washington DC area for Illinois from 2005 through 2008, including wide receiver Arrelious Benn, 2007 Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Mike Locksley was named head coach of the New Mexico Lobos on December 9,2008.

In late September 2009, Mike Locksley was reprimanded for an altercation with an assistant coach.

Mike Locksley was suspended without pay for ten days.

Mike Locksley was not on the sideline for the game against UNLV on October 24,2009.

New Mexico athletic director Paul Krebs, who made the decision to retain Mike Locksley, expected improvement in the 2011 season.

On December 22,2011, Mike Locksley returned to the University of Maryland to join Randy Edsall's staff as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Mike Locksley was named interim head coach at Maryland on October 11,2015, after Edsall was terminated.

On March 1,2016, Mike Locksley joined the University of Alabama staff as an offensive analyst.

On December 4,2018, Mike Locksley was named head football coach at the University of Maryland, becoming the 21st full-time head coach in program history.

Mike Locksley was bowl eligible for a second straight season which Maryland had not achieved since the 2007 and 2008 season.

Mike Locksley's son Kai was a college football quarterback who played at Texas and Iowa Western Community College, and finished his final two years of eligibility at UTEP.

Mike Locksley helped teach some members of the Fighting Illini football team yoga in the summer of 2008.