SMU announced Friday they are hiring Univ. of Maryland AD Damon Evans for the same role after a search of “about six weeks.”

The SMU Mustangs have a new athletic director. SMU is hiring Damon Evans away from Maryland, per the school’s social media. Evans previously had the same job with Maryland. “SMU has tremendous momentum in all aspects of its athletics program,

In an email sent by SMU on March 21, the university announced Damon Evans, the University of Maryland athletic director, will step into Rick Hart’s position on April 7. Evans will enter a six-year contract with SMU,