 He instead took a separate flight to Maryland to become their new head coach.It had also been noted in the media that Edsall's relationship with then-athletic director Jeff Hathaway had been strained for several years.Two weeks after Edsall left for the University of Maryland and after nearly seven years away from college football, Connecticut native Paul Pasqualoni was hired away as defensive coordinator from the Dallas Cowboys to lead the UConn football program, by the soon to be dismissed AD Hathaway.