MM 7.22: Maryland women’s basketball head coach Brenda Frese announces coaching staff updates

This is a Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps-related news.

Maryland women’s basketball head coach Brenda Frese announced a pair of updates to her staff Monday — Ryland Adkins was promoted to Executive Director of Operations/Chief of Staff, and Mitch Simmons was named Director of Basketball Operations.

Adkins, who graduated from Maryland, previously held the title of Director of Basketball Operations beginning in the 2021-22 season. She has fulfilled responsibilities including but not limited to budgeting, day-to-day operations of travel and scheduling.

Simmons arrives in College Park after having been the Director of Basketball Operations for Wisconsin women’s basketball. A graduate of UConn in 2018, he held similar roles to Adkins at Wisconsin, including scheduling, budget and team travel.

In other news

Former Terp Matt Shaw launched a home run for the Chicago Cubs Monday.

Former Maryland men’s basketball player Drew Nicholas was hired as the Celtics’ Executive Director of Player Personnel.

Maryland football is set to attend Big Ten Media Day Tuesday.