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Why Former Maryland Coach Mark Turgeon Returned to College Basketball

Five years after leaving College Park, Turgeon has returned to the sidelines as the head coach at University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Mark Turgeon UMKC

Five years after leaving Maryland, Mark Turgeon is back on the sidelines. (Courtesy of UMKC Athletics)

By Alex Schiffer

November 12, 2026 05:20 a.m.

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