The Jones-Hill House is an indoor collegiate sports training complex located on 14.5 acres (5.9 ha) of land on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, a suburb north of Washington, D.C.[3] Jones-Hill House is situated in the center of the campus, adjacent to Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium, near Stamp Student Union and McKeldin Library.
In April 2021, the facility was renamed in honor of Billy Jones and Darryl Hill, the first Black men to integrate basketball and football at Maryland, respectively.
[6] The Jones-Hill House, the indoor practice facility and operations center for the Maryland Terrapins football team (Big Ten Conference), opened in 2017.
[7] Though the facility is primarily used for football, it was also used for training by the school's men's and women's lacrosse teams [8] The second phase of renovation, which began in late-2017, includes the construction of a 196,000-square-foot (18,200 m2) addition to the complex.
[7] Jones-Hill House, the 160,000-square-foot (15,000 m2) indoor practice facility, opened in August 2017 and features a full-length, 100-yard-long FieldTurf football field with a goal post at each end surrounded by an elevated concourse.
[14] The Center studies the treatment of sports-related conditions, including neuroscience with a specific focus on concussions and traumatic brain injury.
[4] The first basketball event hosted in building was played on December 2, 1955, when the Maryland Terrapins beat the Virginia Cavaliers by the score of 67–55 in an Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season matchup.
The NCAA Tournament Final Four was first hosted at the facility in 1966 and featured the Duke Blue Devils, Kentucky Wildcats, Texas Western (now UTEP Miners), and Utah Utes.
[21] In the 1990s, the administration at Maryland followed a trend occurring at other schools in the ACC to seek a new facility that provided more seating and amenities than were present at Cole Field House.
Coach Gary Williams privately wished the team remain at Cole due to the home court advantage he received.
The small, cramped arena made Cole Field House a loud and difficult place for opponents to play in.
After its basketball teams vacated Cole Field House, the facility was used by the university for intramural athletics and administrative offices.