Gary Williams

Gary Williams
Williams courtside at the XFINITY Center (then called Comcast Center) in 2008
Current position
TitleSpecial assistant to the athletic director
TeamMaryland
ConferenceBig Ten
Biographical details
Born (1945-03-04) March 4, 1945 (age 79)
Collingswood, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
1964–1967Maryland
Position(s)Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1969–1971Woodrow Wilson HS
1971–1977Lafayette (assistant)
1977–1978Boston College (assistant)
1978–1982American
1982–1986Boston College
1986–1989Ohio State
1989–2011Maryland
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2011–presentMaryland (asst. AD)
Head coaching record
Overall668–380 (college)
Tournaments29–16 (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
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.