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{{Infobox college coach
| name               = Gary Williams
| image              = Gary Williams UMD-FSU.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Williams courtside at the [[XFINITY Center (College Park, Maryland)|XFINITY Center]] (then called Comcast Center) in 2008
| current_title      = Special assistant to the athletic director
| current_team       = [[Maryland Terrapins|Maryland]]
| current_conference = [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
| current_record     = 
| contract           = 
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1945|3|4}}
| birth_place        = [[Collingswood, New Jersey]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = 
| player_years1      = 1964–1967
| player_team1       = [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]]
| player_positions   = [[Point guard]]
| coach_years1       = 1969–1971
| coach_team1        = [[Woodrow Wilson High School (New Jersey)|Woodrow Wilson HS]]
| coach_years2       = 1971–1977
| coach_team2        = [[Lafayette Leopards men's basketball|Lafayette]] (assistant)
| coach_years3       = 1977–1978
| coach_team3        = [[Boston College Eagles men's basketball|Boston College]] (assistant)
| coach_years4       = 1978–1982
| coach_team4        = [[American Eagles men's basketball|American]]
| coach_years5       = 1982–1986
| coach_team5        = Boston College
| coach_years6       = 1986–1989
| coach_team6        = [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]]
| coach_years7       = 1989–2011
| coach_team7        = [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]]
| admin_years1       = 2011–present
| admin_team1        = [[Maryland Terrapins|Maryland]] (asst. AD)
| overall_record     = 668–380 (college)
| bowl_record        = 
| tournament_record  = 29–16 (NCAA Tournament)
| championships      = [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I tournament]] ([[2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2002]])<br>2 [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach|NCAA Division I Regional – Final Four]] (2001, 2002)<br>[[East Coast Conference (Division I)|ECC]] regular season (1981)<br>[[Big East Conference|Big East]] regular season (1983)<br>[[ACC men's basketball tournament|ACC tournament]] ([[2004 ACC men's basketball tournament|2004]])<br>3 [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] regular season (1995, 2002, 2010)
| awards             = 2× [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year|ACC Coach of the Year]] (2002, 2010)
| coaching_records   = 
| BASKHOF_year       = 2014
| CBBASKHOF_year     = 2014
}}
'''Gary Bruce Williams''' (born March 4, 1945) is an American university administrator and former [[college basketball]] coach. He served as the head coach at the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]], the [[Ohio State University]], [[Boston College]], and [[American University]]. In 2002, he led [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]] to win the [[2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament championship]]. Williams retired after the 2010&ndash;11 season.

On March 25, 2014, Williams was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. In April of the same year, he was also voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, making him the first coach in history to be inducted into both institutions in the same year.

==Playing career==
Williams played for Maryland as the starting [[point guard]] under coach [[Bud Millikan]]. He was a member of the 1966 Charlotte Invitational Tournament championship team and the 1965 [[Sugar Bowl]] Tournament championship team. He set a Maryland record for field goal percentage, going 8-for-8 from the field in an [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] game against [[University of South Carolina|South Carolina]] in 1966 (35 years later a Williams pupil, [[Lonny Baxter]], would break that record, hitting all ten of his field goal attempts). Williams was the Maryland team captain in 1967. He graduated in 1968 with a B.S. in marketing.<ref name="Williams, Gary 2002">Williams, Gary, and David A. Vise. Sweet Redemption: How Gary Williams and Maryland Beat Death and Despair to Win the NCAA Basketball Championship. [United States]: Sports Pub. L.L.C., 2002. Print.</ref> While at the University of Maryland, Williams was a member of [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phideltdc.com/chapters.html |title=Phi Delta Theta Fraternity - Washington, DC Alumni Club - Chapters |access-date=2008-09-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118195049/http://www.phideltdc.com/chapters.html |archive-date=2008-11-18 }}</ref>

==Coaching career==

===Early coaching career===
Prior to entering the college ranks, Williams was a successful high school basketball coach at [[Woodrow Wilson High School (New Jersey)|Woodrow Wilson High School]] in [[Camden, New Jersey]]. He won a [[NJSIAA]] state championship as head varsity coach at Wilson High. With his chance to learn under [[Tom Davis (basketball coach)|Tom Davis]] (whom Williams got to know when Davis was an assistant coach at Maryland), Williams left to become an assistant basketball coach at [[Lafayette College]] in 1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/2011/05/maryland_basketball_coach_gary.html|title=Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams, a former assistant at Lafayette College, to announce his retirement|date=May 6, 2011|website=lehighvalleylive}}</ref> and continued at [[Boston College Eagles basketball|Boston College]] in 1977 until he became a head coach. He was also the head soccer coach at Lafayette College during his assistant coaching job.<ref name="diamondbackApr2009">{{cite web|url=http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2009/04/02/Sports/With-His.Back.Against.The.Wall-3693735.shtml?refsource=collegeheadlines|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110808161405/http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2009/04/02/Sports/With-His.Back.Against.The.Wall-3693735.shtml?refsource=collegeheadlines|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 8, 2011|title=With his back against the wall|last=Selig|first=Mark|date=April 2, 2009|work=The Diamondback|access-date=2009-04-07}}</ref>

Williams held three head coaching positions prior to Maryland. In 1978, Williams obtained his first head coaching position at [[American University]]. He led American to relative success, coaching them to several [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] berths. In 1982, Williams returned to [[Boston College Eagles basketball|Boston College]], leading the Eagles to two NCAA tournament appearances, and one NIT appearance in his four-year tenure. In 1986, Williams took over at [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]] of the [[Big Ten Conference]]. Under Williams, the Buckeyes advanced to one NCAA tournament appearance and two NIT appearances in three seasons.

===Maryland===
The [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland Terrapins]], an original member of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]], announced Williams as its next head coach on June 13, 1989. The basketball program and the Maryland athletic program as a whole were still reeling from the aftershock of the 1986 death of Maryland basketball star [[Len Bias]] and struggles under coach [[Bob Wade (basketball coach)|Bob Wade]], a former high school coach from [[Baltimore]].

Williams coached the 1989–90 team to a respectable 18–13 record and an [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] berth. However, in March 1990, the NCAA imposed harsh sanctions on the school for several major violations, mostly dating to the Wade era. Maryland was banned from postseason play in 1991 and 1992, and was kicked off live television for 1990–91. Additionally, Maryland docked itself several scholarships over two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/?miSearchSubmit=publicReport&key=80&publicTerms=THIS+PHRASE+WILL+NOT+BE+REPEATED|title=Legislative Services Database - LSDBi|website=web3.ncaa.org}}</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F8McAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_VcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6390,620258&dq=maryland+ncaa+violations&hl=en NCAA Spanks Maryland], ''The Bryan Times'', March 6, 1990.</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CZ4zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O-oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5406,1297741&dq=maryland+ncaa+violations+driesell&hl=en Maryland assistant admits violation], ''Gainesville Sun'', October 20, 1989.</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k8AsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ehQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7051,1145655&dq=maryland+ncaa+violations+driesell&hl=en NCAA accuses Maryland basketball of 19 violations], ''Star-News'', October 19, 1989.</ref> With his recruiting efforts severely hamstrung, Williams found it very difficult to rebuild the program. However, with the help of [[Walt Williams]], Maryland stayed competitive through a low point of the program's history.

After a surprise appearance in the 1994 Sweet 16, the Terrapins were a fixture in the national rankings until 2005. Maryland's teams during this era featured future NBA players such as [[Joe Smith (basketball)|Joe Smith]], [[Steve Francis]], [[Juan Dixon]], [[Steve Blake]], [[Lonny Baxter]], [[Keith Booth]], [[Terence Morris]] and [[Chris Wilcox]], and a cast of supportive role players, exemplified by [[Byron Mouton]].

In 2001, Williams led Maryland to the first Final Four in school history, losing to Duke in the semifinals. On April 1, 2002, Williams led the Terrapins to their first NCAA National Championship, defeating [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana]] 64–52. Williams was the first coach to win a national championship without a single [[McDonald's All American]] on the roster since its inception. He became the first coach to direct his alma mater to a national title since [[Norm Sloan]] accomplished the feat with [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|North Carolina State]] in 1974.<ref name=spi31Mar2002>{{cite news|title=Final Four Notebook: Gym rat or street urchin? Dixon chose the former|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Final-Four-Notebook-Gym-rat-or-street-urchin-1084141.php|access-date=11 May 2011|newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|date=31 March 2002}}</ref> The 2002 team also won a school-record 32 games, as well as the school's first outright ACC title in 22 years—only the third time since 1981 that a team from North Carolina hadn't won at least a share of the title. In March 2004, Maryland won the ACC Tournament Title, defeating Duke 95–87, led by Tournament MVP [[John Gilchrist (basketball)|John Gilchrist]].

In the 2004–2005 season, Maryland failed to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 1993–1994 season, which was then the longest streak in the ACC.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/11/AR2009021102722_3.html?sid=ST2009021102913|title=A Shell of Its Former Self|last=Yanda|first=Steve|author2=Eric Prisbell|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2009-03-17 | date=February 12, 2009}}</ref> This began a relatively mediocre stretch for Maryland, where they failed to make the tournament three out of the next five years.

In 2010, the Terrapins shared the regular-season conference title with Duke. The same season, Williams also earned his second ACC Coach of the Year award. 2011 saw the Terrapins struggle to a 19–14 mark, failing to make the post-season for the first time since 1993.

On May 5, 2011, Williams announced his decision to retire from coaching basketball. He has remained with the Maryland athletic department as Assistant Athletic Director and Special Assistant to the Athletic Director.<ref>[http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050511aab.html Gary Williams Announces Retirement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927204743/http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050511aab.html |date=2011-09-27 }}, accessed May 5, 2011</ref>

On January 26, 2012; Maryland honored Williams by renaming the playing surface at the [[XFINITY Center (College Park, Maryland)|XFINITY Center]] "Gary Willams Court."<ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2012/01/maryland-honors-retired-coach-with-gary-williams-court/1 Maryland honors retired coach with 'Gary Williams Court'], ''USA Today'', January 25, 2012</ref>

===Coaching profile===
In March 2010, Williams was the 5th winningest active coach in the country and the 3rd winningest coach all-time in the ACC (behind only [[Dean Smith]] and [[Mike Krzyzewski]]). In his 31 years as a head coach, Williams has amassed an overall record of 654–368 (.640) and 447–240 (.651) at Maryland. He passed [[Lefty Driesell]] as the school's winningest coach in 2006.

Williams has an overall NCAA tournament record of 29–16 (.644), 25–13 (.658) at his alma mater. His 29 wins in the NCAA tournament places him seventh among active coaches in that category. Williams has coached Maryland to fourteen NCAA tournament appearances, including a streak of eleven consecutive appearances (1993–94 season to 2003–04 season), as well as four post season NIT appearances, allowing Maryland to own the longest current consecutive streak of postseason appearances in the ACC ([[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]], who had previously had the longest active streak, failed to qualify for the postseason in 2007). Additionally, Williams has 71 wins over top 25 ranked opponents, 33 wins over top 10 ranked opponents (at least one every season from 96–97 to 09–10), 20 wins over top 5 opponents, three ACC regular season titles (co-champions in 1995 and 2010, and outright champions in 2002), and an ACC tournament title (2004). Williams' NCAA Tournament accomplishments include seven Sweet Sixteens, two Elite Eights, two Final Fours, and a [[2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#Final Four|national championship in 2002]]. Williams also leads active coaches with seven wins over top-ranked teams, the most recent coming against [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]] on January 19, 2008. Since 1995, Coach Williams and Maryland have averaged 22.5 wins per season. Williams has led the Terrapins to at least 20 wins in 10 of the last 13 seasons and is tied with [[Rick Pitino]] for 6th among active coaches with 17 career 20-win seasons.

Williams had a discordant relationship with his former athletic director, [[Debbie Yow]], who is now the athletic director at [[North Carolina State University]].<ref name=espn6Apr2011>{{cite web|title=Debbie Yow accuses Gary Williams|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6299936&campaign=rss&source=NCBHeadlines|work=ESPN.com|date = 6 April 2011|access-date=6 April 2011}}</ref> In April 2011, Yow, after hiring [[Mark Gottfried]] to be the new head coach of the Wolfpack basketball team, accused the Maryland coach of attempting to "sabotage" N.C. State's search process by advising candidates that she was difficult to work with. Williams immediately denied the accusation.<ref name=hsun6Apr2011>{{cite news|last=Wiseman|first=Steve|title=Gottfried will be leader of the Pack|url=http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/12643470/article-Gottfried-will-be-leader-of-the-Pack?instance=homefifthleft|access-date=6 April 2011|newspaper=[[The Herald-Sun]]|date=6 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411202303/http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/12643470/article-Gottfried-will-be-leader-of-the-Pack?instance=homefifthleft|archive-date=11 April 2011}}</ref>

===Milestones since 2005–06 season===
A home victory over [[Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball|Virginia]] on January 19, 2005, moved Williams into a tie with former Virginia head coach [[Terry Holland]] as the fifth winningest coach in ACC history. On January 21, 2006, a home victory over [[Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball|Virginia Tech]] earned Williams his 142nd ACC win, moving him into a tie with former Carolina head coach [[Frank McGuire]] for third place in that category. Four nights later, a victory over [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball|Georgia Tech]] gave him third place outright.

On February 7, 2006, a 76–65 home victory over Virginia gave Williams his 349th win, allowing him to pass [[Charles Driesell|Lefty Driesell]] as the university's all-time winningest head coach. On February 3, 2007, a road victory over Wake Forest earned Williams his 150th ACC victory. He is the third coach in conference history to accomplish this feat; only [[Dean Smith]] and [[Mike Krzyzewski]] have won more conference games.

On February 6, 2008, a 70–65 road victory over [[Boston College]] gave Williams his 600th win. Gary Williams is one of only 8 active NCAA basketball head coaches with at least 600 wins.

On November 21, 2008, an 89–74 [[Overtime (sports)|overtime]] home victory over [[The University of Vermont|Vermont]] gave Williams his 400th victory at his alma mater. In ACC history, Williams stands alongside Smith and Krzyzewski as the only coaches to amass this number of wins.

On February 21, 2009, Williams upset #3 (AP/ESPN Coaches Polls) [[North Carolina|University of North Carolina]], 88–85 in overtime. Then on March 12, Williams' Terps earned another victory over a top 10 opponent, defeating #8 Wake Forest, the second-seeded team, 75–64 in the quarterfinals of the [[2009 ACC men's basketball tournament|2009 ACC tournament]], following a 74–69 victory over N.C. State in the opening round. The victory over the Demon Deacons was Williams' 17th ACC Tournament victory, tying Lefty Driesell for the most in school history.

Williams coached in his 1,000th game on January 22, 2010, an 88–64 victory over NC State. On March 9, 2010, he was named the ACC coach of the year.<ref name="acccoy">{{cite news|url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030910aac.html|title=ACC COACH OF THE YEAR|date=9 March 2010|work=TheACC.com|access-date=9 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231093723/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030910aac.html|archive-date=31 December 2010}}</ref> On March 19, 2010, Williams coached Maryland (#4 rank in the Midwest Region) to a first-round victory, by a score of 89–77, over Houston (#13 rank in the Midwest Region) in the opening round of the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Two days later, Williams engineered a comeback in the final seconds of the second-round game against [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan State]], only to lose to a [[buzzer beater]] shot by [[Korie Lucious]]. The final score was 85–83. A win would have put Williams in the Sweet Sixteen for the 9th time in his coaching career.

On March 25, 2014, Williams was elected to the [[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame]]. In April of the same year, he was also voted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]], making him the first coach in history to be inducted into both institutions in the same year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Prewitt|first=Alex|title=Former Terps coach Gary Williams elected to National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/terrapins-insider/wp/2014/03/25/former-terps-coach-gary-williams-elected-to-national-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame/|access-date=25 March 2014|newspaper=Washington Post|date=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Winderman |first=Ira |title=It's official: Mourning, Richmond to enter Hall; Zo: 'I'm humbled' |date=April 7, 2014 |newspaper=South Florida Sun Sentinel |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/sfl-miami-heat-alonzo-mourning-s040714,0,7505735.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407234243/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/sfl-miami-heat-alonzo-mourning-s040714,0,7505735.story |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Williams Makes Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame|url=http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/04/07/gary-williams-makes-naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame/|publisher=CBS Baltimore|access-date=12 April 2014|date=7 April 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Williams grew up in [[Collingswood, New Jersey|Collingswood]], [[New Jersey]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]], where he attended [[Collingswood High School]].<ref>Callahan, Kevin. [https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/sports/2014/04/08/collingswoods-gary-williams-headed-hall/7446645/ "Gary Williams headed to Hall of Fame"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', April 8, 2014. Accessed August 7, 2019. "Gary Williams has gone from playing pickup basketball on the old courts outside Collingswood High School to the prestigious Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame."</ref> He was married to Diane McMillen from 1968 to 1990.<ref name="Williams, Gary 2002"/> Williams has a daughter and three grandchildren. He remarried in April 2011.<ref name=wtREtired>{{cite web|last=Stevens|first=Patrick|title=Gary Williams retires|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/d1scourse/2011/may/5/gary-williams-retires/|work=The Washington Times|access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>  Williams suffers from [[hyperhidrosis]], and has devoted his time to raising awareness of the ailment and advocating for greater research efforts to find treatments.

==Trademarks==

===Coaching style===
Williams exclusively ran the [[flex offense]], with a strong emphasis on first getting the ball inside to the post, and once the opposing defense collapses, distributing the ball to the perimeter. On defense, he favors a highly physical, pressing and trapping style, using turnovers to key the offense through the [[fast break]]. His defensive philosophy is inspired by both his former coach [[Bud Millikan]], who utilized an aggressive man-to-man scheme, and [[Tom Davis (basketball, born 1938)|Tom Davis]] who helped teach Williams the more aggressive trapping schemes in addition to the fast break offense.<ref name="Williams, Gary 2002"/>

===Recruiting style===
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 | source =— Williams, ESPN interview, 2001<ref>[[Andy Katz]], {{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/ncb/columns/katz_andy/1268955.html |title=Frankly speaking, Williams won't bow to Duke -- yet |access-date=2006-07-22 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030210075953/http://espn.go.com/ncb/columns/katz_andy/1268955.html |archive-date=February 10, 2003 }}, ESPN, October 25, 2001, retrieved June 18, 2010.</ref>
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Williams gained a reputation as a recruiter who almost exclusively went after less-heralded players and develops them into [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] talents. An opposing coach, [[Dave Odom]], once said in a newspaper interview that Williams "has made a living off of the player who is maybe one or two tools short of the complete package (say, height or leaping ability), but who competes hard and plays with a chip on his shoulder." Much of his success in the years since the university recovered from NCAA sanctions was from players that fit that mold.

In 2009, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' published an extensive exposé on Williams' tenure from the [[2001-02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|2002 title year]] to mid-season [[2008-09 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|2008–09]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/11/AR2009021102722.html?sid=ST2009021102913 | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Maryland Has Become a Shell of Its Former Self | first1=Steve | last1=Yanda | first2=Eric | last2=Prisbell | date=February 12, 2009 | access-date=May 3, 2010}}</ref> The three-part feature analyzed Williams' recruiting process, and noted how local prep basketball talent went elsewhere for college. It cited that Williams refused to associate closely with local [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] basketball program directors and coaches, due to their questionable reputations. The ''Post'' asserted this reticence stemmed from the [[Rudy Gay]] recruiting episode.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/12/AR2009021202299_5.html It's A Whole New Ballgame, and Maryland's Williams Isn't Playing], ''The Washington Post'', February 12, 2009.</ref> The ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'' staff writers covering Maryland have challenged Williams' recruiting procedures, but also noted his personality reflects whom he recruits.<ref>http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/bal-sp.maese15mar15,0,5806601.column{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason= | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[American Eagles men's basketball|American Eagles]]
 | conference = [[East Coast Conference (Division I)|East Coast Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1978
 | endyear    = 1982
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1978–79]]
 | name         = American
 | overall      = 14–13
 | conference   = 7–4
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1979–80]]
 | name         = American
 | overall      = 13–14
 | conference   = 5–6
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1980–81]]
 | name         = American
 | overall      = 24–6
 | conference   = 11–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1981 National Invitation Tournament|NIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1981–82]]
 | name         = American
 | overall      = 21–9
 | conference   = 8–3
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[1982 National Invitation Tournament|NIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = American
 | overall    = 72–42 ({{winning percentage|72|42}})
 | confrecord = 31–13 ({{winning percentage|31|13}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Boston College Eagles men's basketball|Boston College Eagles]]
 | conference = [[Big East Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1982
 | endyear    = 1986
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1982–83]]
 | name         = [[1982–83 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team|Boston College]]
 | overall      = 25–7
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet 16]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1983–84]]
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 18–12
 | conference   = 8–8
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = [[1984 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1984–85]]
 | name         = [[1984–85 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team|Boston College]]
 | overall      = 20–11
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = [[1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet 16]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1985–86]]
 | name         = Boston College
 | overall      = 13–15
 | conference   = 4–12
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Boston College
 | overall    = 76–45 ({{winning percentage|76|45}})
 | confrecord = 31–33 ({{winning percentage|31|33}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State Buckeyes]]
 | conference = [[Big Ten Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1986
 | endyear    = 1989
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1986–87]]
 | name         = [[1986–87 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]
 | overall      = 20–13
 | conference   = 9–9
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = [[1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1987–88]]
 | name         = Ohio State
 | overall      = 20–13
 | conference   = 9–9
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = [[1988 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Runner-up]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1988–89]]
 | name         = Ohio State
 | overall      = 19–15
 | conference   = 6–12
 | confstanding = 8th
 | postseason   = [[1989 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Quarterfinal]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Ohio State
 | overall    = 59–41 ({{winning percentage|59|41}})
 | confrecord = 24–30 ({{winning percentage|24|30}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland Terrapins]]
 | conference = [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1989
 | endyear    = 2011
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1989–90]]
 | name         = Maryland
 | overall      = 19–14
 | conference   = 6–8
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | postseason   = [[1990 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1990–91]]
 | name         = Maryland
 | overall      = 16–12
 | conference   = 5–9
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1991–92]]
 | name         = Maryland
 | overall      = 14–15
 | conference   = 5–11
 | confstanding = 8th
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1992–93]]
 | name         = Maryland
 | overall      = 12–16
 | conference   = 2–14
 | confstanding = 8th
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1993–94]]
 | name         = [[1993–94 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 18–12
 | conference   = 8–8
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = [[1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet 16]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1994–95]]
 | name         = [[1994–95 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 26–8
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet 16]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1995–96]]
 | name         = [[1995–96 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 17–13
 | conference   = 8–8
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = [[1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1996–97]]
 | name         = [[1996–97 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 21–11
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = [[1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1997–98]]
 | name         = [[1997–98 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 21–11
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet 16]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1998–99]]
 | name         = [[1998–99 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 28–6
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet 16]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1999–00]]
 | name         = [[1999–2000 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 25–10
 | conference   = 11–5
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2000–01]]
 | name         = [[2000–01 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 25–11
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2001–02]]
 | name         = [[2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 32–4
 | conference   = 15–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I champion]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2002–03]]
 | name         = [[2002–03 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 21–10
 | conference   = 11–5
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | postseason   = [[2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Sweet 16]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = [[2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2003–04]]
 | name         = [[2003–04 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 20–12
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = T–6th
 | postseason   = [[2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2004–05]]
 | name         = Maryland
 | overall      = 19–13
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = T–6th
 | postseason   = [[2005 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Semifinal]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2005–06]]
 | name         = [[2005–06 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 19–13
 | conference   = 8–8
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = [[2006 National Invitation Tournament|NIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2006–07]]
 | name         = [[2006–07 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 25–9
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | postseason   = [[2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2007–08]]
 | name         = [[2007–08 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 19–15
 | conference   = 8–8
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | postseason   = [[2008 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2008–09]]
 | name         = [[2008–09 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 21–14
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | postseason   = [[2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2009–10]]
 | name         = [[2009–10 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 24–9
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Second Round]]
 | ranking = 23
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2010–11]]
 | name         = [[2010–11 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 19–14
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Maryland
 | overall    = 461–252 ({{winning percentage|461|252}})
 | confrecord = 192–156 ({{winning percentage|192|156}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 668–380 ({{winning percentage|668|380}})
}}

==See also==
* [[List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins]]
* [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Gary Williams}}
* {{Official website|http://www.coachgarywilliams.com/}}

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