in school history. UConn went on to play in the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma, losing 48-20. Edsall was named 2010 Big East Coach of the Year, however, the nature of his unannounced departure for another program clouded this triumph. University of Maryland 2011–2012 Edsall was hired in 2011 in the midst of his leading the University of Connecticut to its first appearance in a BCS bowl game. In Edsall's inaugural season, the Terrapins finished with a record of 2–10. In 2012, the Terrapins finished with a 4–8 record. On November 19, 2012, the school announced it was leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference, a conference Maryland co-founded in 1953 with Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest, and joining the Big Ten Conference. The Big Ten is a revenue-sharing conference that, thanks to the success of the Big Ten Network, in recent years, has generated more revenue than any other conference, distributing that money among its members. Edsall's Maryland team went 2–10 in his first year, 4–8 in his second. In 2013, his third season as head coach, after one of the program's biggest wins over West Virginia, Edsall led his 4–0 team into the Associated Press top 25 poll, entering at #25. They fell out of the rankings the following week after a road loss to eventual National Champion Florida State, then ranked #8. The highlight of the season came in Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech. The Terrapins had multiple starters out due to injury heading into the game. Maryland stunned Virginia Tech and all but ended their ACC Championship hopes by beating them in overtime, 27–24. The victory also made the Terrapins bowl eligible. It was the first time since 1949 that the Terrapins won in Lane Stadium and the first time since 1990 that Maryland had beaten Virginia Tech, though until Tech's entry into the ACC, the teams had played only rarely. The Terrapins finished the regular season 7–5, earning bowl eligibility. In the Terrapins final game of the regular season, the team ended on a high note: winning their final conference game as a member of the ACC, 41–21 on the road against NC State. The Terrapins were invited to the Military Bowl in Annapolis, which they lost, 31-20, to Marshall. 2014 In 2014, Edsall guided the Terrapins to a third-place finish in the Big Ten East, finishing behind Michigan State and