Gary Williams
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Collingsworth, MD
- Won 2002 NCAA Tournament championship after reaching Final Four the previous year
- Coach of Ohio State's 1988 NIT runner-up and Maryland's 2005 semifinalist
- Captured 2004 ACC Tournament title
- Maryland's all-time winningest coach
- Assistant coach at Maryland (freshman team) under Frank Fellows for one season in 1968-69, at Lafayette under Tom Davis for five seasons from 1972-73 through 1976-77, and at Boston College under Davis for one season in 1977-78
- Major-college career playing statistics under Bud Millikan (4.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 45.0 FG%, 53.9 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (13: AP/UPI/USA)--1983 (11/13/13), 1985 (NR/NR/15), 1994 (NR/NR/20), 1995 (10/11/11), 1997 (22/NR), 1998 (20/15), 1999 (5/8), 2000 (17/25), 2001 (11/4), 2002 (4/1), 2003 (17/10), 2004 (19/24), 2007 (17/23) and 2010 (20/18)
- All-Americans (seven): Ohio State's Dennis Hopson (1987) and Maryland's Keith Booth (1997), Juan Dixon (2001 and 2002), Steve Francis (1999), Joe Smith (1994 and 1995), Greivis Vasquez (2010) and Walt Williams (1992).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14-13 | 7-4 | 4th | DNP | |||
13-14 | 5-6 | 5th | DNP | |||
24-6 | 11-0 | 1st | NIT (0-1) | |||
21-9 | 8-3 | 3rd | NIT (0-1) | |||
25-7 | 12-4 | T-1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
18-12 | 8-8 | 4th | NIT (1-1) | |||
20-11 | 7-9 | 6th | NCAA (2-1) | |||
13-15 | 4-12 | 7th | DNP | |||
20-13 | 9-9 | 6th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
20-13 | 9-9 | 6th | NIT (4-1) | |||
19-15 | 6-12 | 8th | NIT (2-1) | |||
19-14 | 6-8 | T-5th | NIT (1-1) | |||
16-12 | 5-9 | 7th | Probation | |||
14-14 | 5-11 | 8th | Probation | |||
12-16 | 2-14 | 8th | DNP | |||
18-12 | 8-8 | T-4th | NCAA (2-1) | |||
26-8 | 12-4 | T-1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
17-13 | 8-8 | T-4th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
21-11 | 9-7 | T-4th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
21-11 | 10-6 | 3rd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
28-6 | 13-3 | 2nd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
25-10 | 11-5 | 2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
25-11 | 10-6 | 3rd | NCAA (4-1) | |||
32-4 | 15-1 | 1st | NCAA (6-0) | |||
21-10 | 11-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
20-12 | 7-9 | 6th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
19-13 | 7-9 | T-6th | NIT (3-1) | |||
19-13 | 8-8 | 6th | NIT (0-1) | |||
25-9 | 10-6 | T-3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
19-15 | 8-8 | T-5th | NIT (1-1) | |||
21-14 | 7-9 | T-7th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
24-9 | 13-3 | T-1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
19-14 | 7-9 | T-7th | DNP |
- 33-Year Coaching Record: 668-380 (.637) overall
- 72-42 (.631) in four years at American
- 76-45 (.628) in four years at Boston College
- 59-41 (.590) in three years at Ohio State
- 461-252 (.647) in 22 years at Maryland
- 31-13 (.705) in East Coast Conference
- 31-33 (.484) in Big East Conference
- 24-30 (.444) in Big Ten Conference
- 192-156 (.552) in Atlantic Coast Conference
- 4-4 (.500) in ECC Tournament
- 2-4 (.333) in Big East Tournament
- 18-29 (.474) in ACC Tournament
- 29-16 (.644) in NCAA Tournament
- 12-9 (.571) in NIT