Nearing Cole’s Next Goal

Two outdoor practice fields are slated for completion this fall in the next step of Cole Field House’s transformation into a new campus hub at the intersection of research, innovation and sport.

Construction continues on the more than 300,000-square-foot iconic building, whose athletic facilities will include offices for football staff, a 20,000-square-foot weight room, a 4,000-square-foot cardio mezzanine, locker rooms for the football team and returning NFL alums, a two-level auditorium, dining facilities and a sports medicine area that all student-athletes will use, a recruiting room and a 3,000-square-foot patio that looks out onto Maryland Stadium.

In the latest collaboration between UMD and the University of Maryland, Baltimore through the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State, Cole will house the Center for Brain Health and Human Performance. Research conducted there will improve disease diagnosis from cancer to age-related cognitive decline. Plans also include unparalleled multimodal imaging, research-focused sleep suites and next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing.

Cole Field House will also feature a signature space for entrepreneurship and innovation programs across campus.