Panel probing Maryland football includes former governor, ESPN broadcaster and a Super Bowl MVP - Doug Williams

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland -- The panel charged with investigating the Maryland football program will include several prominent names, including a former U.S. congressman, a Super Bowl MVP and a prominent sports broadcaster.

DOUG WILLIAMS

The board of regents for the University System of Maryland announced Friday the five additional appointments who will be charged with examining the football program and allegations that coaches fostered an abusive culture. The group is heavy on star power with connections to football, to the university and to the political arena. They include:

• Former Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich, who played football at Princeton;
• Doug Williams, the former Redskins quarterback who serves as the senior vice president of player personnel for the team; and former head football coach at Morehouse College and Grambling State University.
• Tom McMillen, the former Maryland basketball star who served three terms in Congress and formerly served on the system’s board of regents;

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