[1][2] Bryant, then 31 years old, was hired as Maryland's head coach in early September, approximately three weeks before the season began.

[3] Bryant brought 20 number of players from the disbanded North Carolina Pre-Flight with him to Maryland.

[4] No Maryland player were named to the 1945 All-Southern Conference football team selected by coaches and sports writers for the Associated Press.

[5] In January 1946, after only four months at Maryland, Bryant resigned his position to become head coach at Kentucky.

In one incident, Byrd reinstated a player who Bryant had suspended for a violation of team rules.