Complex sentence: After a loss in the Fiesta Bowl, Edsall did not fly home with or tell his players that he was leaving the UConn football program and instead took a separate flight to Maryland to become their new head coach.
Split into simpler sentences: After a loss in the Fiesta Bowl, Edsall did not fly home with or tell his players that he was leaving the UConn football program. He instead took a separate flight to Maryland to become their new head coach.