Sources -- Maryland's Kevin Willard to be Villanova head coach - ESPN

Maryland's Kevin Willard has accepted Villanova's offer to become the program's next head coach, sources confirmed to ESPN, bringing an end to more than a week of speculation.

An official announcement could come as early as Sunday.

Maryland just completed one of its best seasons in the past 20 years, earning a 4-seed in the NCAA tournament and making a run to the Sweet 16 before falling to top-seeded Florida. The Terrapins finished 27-9 overall and 14-6 in the Big Ten and were ranked in the top 10 in most predictive metrics. After a 1-3 start to Big Ten play, Maryland lost just four games to Big Ten opponents the rest of the season, by a combined nine points.

Willard spent three seasons in College Park, going 65-39 overall with two NCAA tournament appearances.

He made headlines before Maryland's first-round NCAA tournament game against Grand Canyon, when he essentially broke the news of Maryland athletic director Damon Evans leaving for SMU and explained why he hasn't signed a new contract in College Park.

«I need to make fundamental changes to the program,» Willard said. «That's what I'm focused on right now. That's why probably a deal hasn't got done because I want to see — I need to see fundamental changes done. I want this program to be great. I want it to be the best in the country, I want to win a national championship, but there's things that need to change.

»I need to make sure that we are where we are with NIL and rev share is not where we've been with NIL over the past two years. We've been one of the worst, if not lowest, in the NIL in the last two years. So that's first and foremost. I also have to make a fundamental change where I can do the things that I want to do with my program. I wanted to spend an