 After serving as an assistant coach for several college football squads, he became the head coach of the University of New Mexico in 2009, coming back to Maryland as an offensive coordinator after his dismissal from UNM in 2011.In 2015, Locksley was named the interim head coach at Maryland after Randy Edsall was relieved of his duties.Locksley did not return to Maryland after that season, joining the University of Alabama as an offensive analyst.