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Gary Williams is the coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Maryland. He returned to coach his alma mater in 1989 after successful head coaching tenures at American University, Boston College and Ohio State. Williams guided the Terps to a 10-wi-n improvement in his first season in 1989, the largest in school history. The former Maryland guard he played under coach Bud Millikan 1965-1967 - led the Terps through an NCAA probationary period he inherited and went on to make the NCAA tournament in 1994, his fifth season at Maryland. What followed was a run of success rivaled only by a select few college coaches and programs. The Terps made the NCAA tournament each year from 199...
Gary Williams is the coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Maryland. He returned to coach his alma mater in 1989 after successful head coaching tenures at American University, Boston College and Ohio State. Williams guided the Terps to a 10-wi-n improvement in his first season in 1989, the largest in school history. The former Maryland guard he played under coach Bud Millikan 1965-1967 - led the Terps through an NCAA probationary period he inherited and went on to make the NCAA tournament in 1994, his fifth season at Maryland. What followed was a run of success rivaled only by a select few college coaches and programs. The Terps made the NCAA tournament each year from 1994-2004, a streak matched by only five other coaches. Returning Maryland to prominence, Williams and the Terps made Cole Field House and Comcast Center - their current arena - among the toughest opposing venues in college basketball during that time. Williams' crowning achievement was the 2002 season that saw Maryland win a school-record 32 games and the Atlantic Coast Conference title during the regular season. One year after losing in a national semifinal game, Williams led the Terps back to the Final Four and ultimately defeated Indiana in the title game to claim the national championship. In doing so, he joined a select group of coaches who have guided their alma maters to a national title. Entering the 2007-08 season, Williams, the Terps' all-time winningest head coach, had compiled a 378-200 record in 18 seasons at Maryland. Entering '07-'08, he had a 585-328 overall record in 29 seasons as a Division I collegiate head coach. Williams was born on March 4, 1945, in Collingswood, N.J.
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Ball and burden in Gary's court
To answer your question, no, it is not too much to ask a team that has won a national championship to reach the NCAA tournament in more than half of the next six seasons. That is Gary Williams' fault. He raised that bar. Without 2002, or the Final Four...Tags: Florida State University, Multi-Sport Events, NCAA Tournament, Ralph Friedgen, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Pressure is on 'The Fridge'
Of Maryland's highest-profile coaches, football's Ralph Friedgen and basketball's Gary Williams, it's "The Fridge" who has less room for error. Those three spectacular campaigns from 2001 through 2003 when Ralph led the Terps out of the wilderness and...Tags: National Football League, Maryland Terrapins, Orange Bowl, Minnesota Vikings, Ralph Friedgen
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Brief flame
Chicago Tribune reporterA magical season seemed to assure Cairo's basketball team entry to the glittering world beyond. But then the downtrodden town that shaped them pulled them back. As the summer sun begins to set, crowds gather like clockwork at the Leroy McBride housing...Tags: School Examinations, Metal and Mineral, Clubs and Associations, Building Material, Personal Income
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Nowhere to be found: Recruits scarce for UM
Sun ReporterAfter losing two players he was counting on heavily for next season, Maryland men's basketball coach Gary Williams vowed last week that his Terps would be competitive next season and that he wasn't finished recruiting. But where is Williams going to find...Tags: Virginia Tech, Awards and Prizes, Multi-Sport Events, Colleges and Universities, NCAA Tournament
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Ex-Terp Walker transfers to Loyola
Sun reporterShane Walker, a 6-foot-10 power forward who made a cameo appearance at Maryland last season, has transferred to Loyola College. Walker had negligible statistics as a freshman with the Terps, averaging just 5.3 minutes in 24 games. Coach Gary Williams...Tags: Colleges and Universities
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Big Ten blitz
Spilling out the weekly sports media notes, then quickly trying to sop them up before they permanently stain the carpet: • If you are ... Penn State, good news: Comcast's recent deal with the Big Ten Network means you can catch the Nittany Lions...Tags: Paul Pierce, Clubs and Associations, Bob Costas, ESPN, Don Sutton
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Talented recruit Gilchrist granted release from UM
Sun ReporterLess than two weeks after junior-college transfer Tyree Evans asked for his release, the University of Maryland granted another potential college basketball star a similar request yesterday. Gus Gilchrist, a talented 6-foot-9, 235-pound forward who, like...Tags: Virginia Tech, Radio Industry, Colleges and Universities, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Evans won't attend UM
Sun reporterMaryland basketball recruit Tyree Evans has asked to be released from his letter of intent, ending a campus debate over whether the talented guard should be permitted to play for the Terrapins despite a string of criminal offenses. Maryland released a...Tags: Contracts, Trials, Maryland Terrapins, Drug Trafficking, Florida State University
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Evans, top shooting guard with troubled past, set to sign with Maryland
Sun reporterTyree Evans, a talented but much-traveled shooting guard whose college basketball career was initially derailed by legal troubles, is expected to sign a national letter of intent today at Maryland. Bobby Steinburg, the coach at Motlow State Community...Tags: Florida State University, Maryland Terrapins, Rape, Colleges and Universities, Comcast Center
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Hotel tries to muzzle TripAdvisor reviewer
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterQuestion: I stayed at a place in Palm Springs that I didn't like and posted my review on TripAdvisor. I received a letter from an attorney threatening to sue me for libel if I did not remove my negative review within 14 days. I have contacted others who...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Lawyers, Trials, Censorship, Eliot Spitzer
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Hotel fires back at TripAdvisor reviewer
Tribune NewspapersQ: I stayed at a place in Palm Springs, Calif., that I didn't like and posted my review on TripAdvisor. I received a letter from an attorney threatening to sue me for libel if I did not remove my negative review within 14 days. I have contacted others who...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Trials, Lawyers, Constitutional Issues, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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'07's oral report
"She looked at me with this look, like, 'Mom, are you dumb or what?' She said, 'These are my friends. I want to be with them.'" Deborah McFadden, whose wheelchair athlete daughter, Tatyana, has challenged the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic...Tags: Babe Ruth, New York Yankees, Ty Cobb, Peyton Manning, Virginia Tech
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