Maryland fires 2 trainers involved in treatment of McNair

COLLEGE PARK, MD. >> The fallout at the University of Maryland following the death of Jordan McNair continued with the dismissal of two trainers involved in the player’s treatment after he collapsed on the practice field in May.

Head coach DJ Durkin was fired last week after being reinstated from paid administrative leave for one day.

Maryland has not formally announced the firing of the two trainers who were on paid leave, and has never released their names. However, a person familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press in August that football athletic trainer Wes Robinson and director of athletic training Steve Nordwall had been placed on leave following McNair’s death.

Athletic department spokesman Dustin Semonavick said Wednesday, “The trainers that were previously on administrative leave are no longer employed at the university.”

Robinson and Nordwall were put on leave while the school launched an external investigation into the death of McNair, an offensive lineman who was overcome by heat and exhaustion on May 29 and died on June 13.

Rick Court, the head of strength and conditioning, resigned in August.

Since McNair’s death, the school has had several embarrassing missteps in efforts to address mistakes that were made.