 Williams courtside at the XFINITY Center (then called Comcast Center) in 2008 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Special assistant to the athletic director |
| Team | Maryland |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 4, 1945 Collingswood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1964–1967 | Maryland |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1969–1971 | Woodrow Wilson HS |
| 1971–1977 | Lafayette (assistant) |
| 1977–1978 | Boston College (assistant) |
| 1978–1982 | American |
| 1982–1986 | Boston College |
| 1986–1989 | Ohio State |
| 1989–2011 | Maryland |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2011–present | Maryland (asst. AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 668–380 (college) |
| Tournaments | 29–16 (NCAA Tournament) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division I tournament (2002) 2 NCAA Division I Regional – Final Four (2001, 2002) ACC tournament (2004) 3 ACC regular season (1995, 2002, 2010) Big East regular season (1983) ECC regular season (1981) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× ACC Coach of the Year (2002, 2010) | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2014 | |
| College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 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, the Ohio State University, Boston College, and American University. In 2002, he led Maryland to win the NCAA tournament championship. Williams retired after the 2010–11 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.