The University of Maryland ended its football season recently – and few were satisfied with the team, the fans or coach Ralph Friedgen, whose job on is the line with two more years remaining on his contract. Of the disappointing season, Dennis Coates attributed the decline to the economy. “It’s hard to separate declines resulting from poor performance and declines resulting from overall declines in the economy,” said Professor of Economics Dennis Coates said. Coates said bowl games are especially important in evaluating football coaches’ performances. “The sort of stories that college presidents tell is that when we perform and go to bowl games, we get more and better students applying,” he said.
The article, “Friedgen nears judgment day,” ran November 28 in the Baltimore Sun.
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