Maryland hired Buzz Williams as its men's basketball coach Tuesday, quickly moving on after Kevin Willard left the Terrapins to take the Villanova job.

Maryland has reached an agreement with Buzz Williams to make him the new men's basketball coach, according to CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein. Pete Thamel of ESPN reported the sides finalized a six-year contract.

Maryland announced Tuesday it hired former Texas A&M men's basketball coach Buzz Williams as the Terrapins' newest coach. He replaces Kevin Willard.

Maryland star guards Ja'Kobi Gillespie and Rodney Rice entered the transfer portal on Monday, a day after Kevin Willard accepted the vacant job at Villanova amid a cloud of conflict with power-brokers.

The Terrapins signed Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams to a six-year deal to be their next head coach, according to ESPN . Williams, 52, has spent the last six seasons with the Aggies, leading the team to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

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“Coach Willard led the Terps on an incredible run this season. The Crab 5, Derik Queen ‘s miraculous buzzer-beater, and a Sweet 16 berth. This was a season to remember,” Maryland President Darryll J. Pines and Interim Director of Athletics Colleen Sorem said in a statement.”

The Villanova Wildcats have hired Maryland's Kevin Willard as their new coach. Willard had been linked to the Villanova job throughout the NCAA Tournament, where the Terrapins earned a No. 4 seed and reached the Sweet 16 before losing to Florida.