 In his position as university president, he was also responsible for building the school's current football facility, Maryland Stadium.In 1945, Paul "Bear" Bryant began his long and distinguished career as a head football coach at the University of Maryland.The following year, he was replaced by Jim Tatum, a pioneer of the split T. Maryland football achieved its greatest success under Tatum, who compiled a 73–15–4 record without a single losing season, and to date, he remains the winningest Maryland coach of the modern era.