A New Home for Terps Football

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A New Home for Terps Football

Jones-Hill House, Named for Athletics Trailblazers, Features Tech-Filled Training Areas, a Tricked-Out Locker Room and Plenty of Maryland Pride

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football has a new home—or, more specifically, a new House. A Sept. 3 ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the official opening of Jones-Hill House, a state-of-the-art facility in Cole Field House named in honor of Billy Jones ’69, who became the first Black basketball player at Maryland and in the ACC in 1965, and Darryl Hill ’65, who broke the same color barrier in football in 1963.

“The determination, courage and strength of these two individuals helped pave the way for thousands of Black student-athletes today, but they also helped break the chains of segregation and discrimination for every one of us,” UMD President Darryll J. Pines said during his April inauguration speech, when he announced the new facility’s name. “Jones-Hill House will not only cement the legacy of these two trailblazers, but will serve as an inspiration to our entire university community.”

Among its features are a 24,000square-foot strength and conditioning area with 22 custom weight racks; a locker room with recliners and wireless phone chargers for each player; a sports medicine space with hydrotherapy pools; a 10,000-square-foot dining area; a lounge with a pool table, theater and even a barbershop; indoor and outdoor practice fields; and wall after wall of inspiring Terp quotes, facts and photos from Maryland football history.

Supported through a leadership gift from Under Armour founder and Executive Chairman Kevin Plank ’96—who passed on the chance to have his own name on the building and instead honored the two Terp pioneers—Jones-Hill House completes the athletic portion of Cole Field House. The project integrates academics, research and innovation, with work on a new site for a campus-wide entrepreneurship center beginning this summer, and planning