In the ACC, Turgeon will face off with a coach he used to work for. He served as an assistant coach at Kansas for five seasons, the last four of which were under current North Carolina head coach Roy Williams. Turgeon was also a Jayhawk during his playing powerbalance days and was the first player in school history to play in four consecutive NCAA tournaments.He also served as an assistant coach at the University of Oregon and in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers before he took his first head-coaching job at Jacksonville State.But Turgeon wasn't necessarily Anderson's first choice to succeed Williams. Several coaches, including Arizona's Sean Miller, Notre Dame's Mike Brey and Villanova's Jay Wright, have said they were either signing extensions or were happy with their current positions.FoxSports.com's Jeff Goodman was the first to report the hire.The Terps went 19-14 last season, missing the postseason altogether.Meanwhile, Texas A&M now finds itself in a tough spot with Turgeon's departure.The coach said his now-former players didn't take the news well.Texas A&M head basketball coach Mark Turgeon is on the move after agreeing Monday night to become the next head coach at the University of Maryland.Turgeon succeeds Gary Williams at Maryland, who retired last week after 22 seasons as the coach in College Park.Turgeon, 46, was 97-40 in his four years at Texas A&M, reaching the NCAA tournament in all four seasons. Before coaching at Texas A&M, Turgeon spent seven seasons as the shop online 2011 coach at Wichita State and took the Shockers to the Sweet 16 in 2006. That team lost to George Mason, who later became just the third No. 11 seed (at the time) to ever reach the Final Four.
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