Coach Brown leaving

UMass Friends of Football is reporting that Coach Brown is leaving UMass football to become defensive coordinator at Maryland.

Updates when I get 'em.

UPDATE: It's official.

UPDATE II: The official Maryland announcement.

UPDATE III: Maryland was irritated by UMass announcing before they did . The Baltimore Sun says Maryland contacted about a dozen coaches on the DC job. The Washington Times weighs in on some ramifications of the move.

Maryland's former DC left for 2009's FCS opponent Kansas State.

UPDATE IV: Matty Vautour has a story about Brown's leaving here .