Discontinued Sports of 2011-12
In November 2011, University President Wallace Loh announced that eight sports would be cut following the end of the 2011-12 academic year due to mounting financial woes in the Maryland athletics department. The athletics deficit was expected to reach $4 million by 2012 and $17 million by 2017 unless action was taken. In July 2011, President Loh had assembled a Commission to identify ways to lower athletic expenses. In November 2011, the Commission recommended, and President Loh accepted, cutting eight teams: men's indoor and outdoor track and field, men's cross country, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, men's tennis, women's water polo, and competitive cheer (aerobatics and tumbling).
Following the commission's recommendation, Athletic Director Kevin Anderson allowed each team the opportunity to raise funds towards its continued survival. Only one program—men's outdoor track and field—reached its fundraising benchmark and will play in the 2012-13 season. On July 1, 2012, Kevin Anderson announced the dissolution of the remaining seven programs. All active student-athlete scholarships and coaching contracts were honored for discontinued teams.
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