Maryland has hired Atlanta Braves executive Jim Smith as its next athletic director, the university announced Thursday.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Atlanta Braves executive James Smith has been hired as Maryland's athletic director, the school announced Thursday. Smith, the Braves' senior vice president of business strategy for five years, takes over two months after Damon Evans left to become athletic director at SMU.

The Terrapins plan to hire Atlanta Braves senior vice president for business strategy Jim Smith as their next athletic director, according to a Thursday morning report from Pete T