Former Maryland men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard says “it’s time for everyone to move on” after him leaving for Villanova angered fans.

“All I’m going to say is that Maryland just got a great coach in Buzz [Williams],” Willard said at the same time Williams was being introduced at a live press conference on campus. “I’m really happy for them, and I’m super excited to be in a great basketball conference here [in the Big East]. And I just think it’s time that everyone moved on.”

Buzz Williams was the first person to utter the name “Willard,” and that was 29 minutes into the news conference/pep rally celebrating Williams’ arrival as the fresh steward of Maryland men’s basketball.

Maryland is hiring Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams to succeed Kevin Willard, the school announced Tuesday. The Aggies coach will take over a program without a sitting athletic director after Maryland AD Damon Evans left for the same job at SMU last month.

Maryland star forward Julian Reese and guard Selton Miguel are out of eligibility. Star center Derik Queen will likely head to the 2025 NBA Draft as a projected lottery pick.

Maryland has hired Buzz Williams as its men’s basketball coach. The Terrapins quickly moved on after Kevin Willard left to take the Villanova job.

Maryland’s starting backcourt duo of Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Rodney Rice, three reserves and a top recruit have elected to play elsewhere.

One well-known Maryland alumnus said he understood why now-former men's basketball coach Kevin Willard left the program but still slammed the way he exited College Park.