Terps coach Zacharias is learning on the run: 'I'm still a defensive coach trying to be a running backs coach'.

From: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: August 26, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Heather A. Dinich

Aug. 26--College football College Park // An inflatable bed is stored under Phil Zacharias' desk in the Gossett Football Team House. There have been a few nights this summer the new running backs coach at Maryland exhausted himself learning the playbook and preparing for practice. Until now, Zacharias had never coached offense. "I'm still a defensive coach trying to be a running backs coach," said Zacharias, who most recently coached the...

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