Athletic Director’s Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Against UMBC Is Settled

Feb 6, 2026

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by the former athletic director of University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) against the school, which claimed he was wrongfully terminated. The case was previously reported on in Sports Litigation Alert by Hackney Publications Senior Writer Gary Chester, who wrote about an earlier ruling in the litigation. “Plaintiff Brian Barrio was a successful athletic director at Central Connecticut State, (before being) recruited for the same
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