Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen will be asked to take a buyout, a source familiar with the program said tonight.

Friedgen's ouster comes just hours after athletic director Kevin Anderson declined to say Friedgen would return for 2011 and on the same day offensive coordinator and head coach in waiting James Franklin accepted the head coaching position at Vanderbilt.

The source also said defensive coordinator Don Brown, running backs coach John Donovan and wide receivers coach Lee Hull were invited to join Franklin's staff and are possibilities to do so.