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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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BRITish pub grinds out gaming, live bands
South Florida Sun-SentinelIn title only, Gary Williams is a bouncer for Ye Olde Falcon Pub in Davie. But to the female patrons that blow him kisses, the servers who shower him with unconditional praise and new owner Sal Dellutri, Williams is the heart of this once-endangered bar....Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Colleges and Universities, Rock and Roll Music, Nova Southeastern University, Music
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Calhoun, fellow college coaches go to Capitol Hill to call for more money for cancer research
WASHINGTON (AP) _ This year's Coaches vs. Cancer appeal has a more personal meaning for Connecticut's Jim Calhoun, who has been undergoing treatment for skin cancer. Calhoun and four of his fellow college coaches were on Capitol Hill on Tuesday,...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Maryland, Research, Cancer, Alabama
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Calhoun In D.C. To Promote Cancer Research
This year's Coaches vs. Cancer appeal has a more personal meaning for UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who on Aug. 8 finished seven weeks of radiation treatment on a cancerous growth on his neck. Calhoun and four fellow college coaches were on...Tags: National Institutes of Health, University of Connecticut Men's Basketball Program, Maryland, Research, Cancer
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Iraq duty calls for coaches
They came back with new standards for hot and with a renewed appreciation for young people and for the country they call home. Eight current and former college basketball coaches carved out a week of their summers and went to Iraq to coach hoops, to meet...Tags: Armed Forces, Defense, University of Maryland, Maryland, ESPN
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Sex, drugs and oil: U.S. says agency 'gone wild'
Tribune NewspapersWASHINGTON—Federal investigators said Wednesday that an Interior Department group in charge of collecting billions of dollars in oil and natural gas royalties was compromised for years by a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" where...Tags: Energy Resources, Henry Waxman, Court Preliminary, Justice System, Values
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Scandal at federal oil royalty collection agency
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFederal investigators said Wednesday that an Interior Department group in charge of collecting oil and natural gas royalties was compromised for years by employees who improperly accepted gifts from oil company employees, handed out sweetheart deals,...Tags: Energy Resources, Beverly Hills, California, Court Preliminary, Henry A Waxman
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Terps' Williams spectator to history
The fact that a Texas Western team with an all-black starting lineup was facing an all-white Kentucky team for the national championship is not what first caught Gary Williams' attention as he sat at Cole Field House on a March afternoon in 1966. "The...Tags: Ohio State University, Maryland, National Collegiate Athletic Association, History, Basketball
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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: High Schools, Bodies of Water, Justice System, Baseball, Charles Dickens
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Who's on the hotter seat, Gary Williams or Ralph Friedgen?
Ball and burden in Gary's court By David Steele 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...Tags: Ralph Friedgen, Maryland, National Football League, Orange Bowl, Minnesota Vikings
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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: Minnesota Vikings, Orange Bowl, Maryland Terrapins, Ralph Friedgen, Maryland
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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: Rape, Comcast Center, Florida State University, Maryland Terrapins, Allen Iverson
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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: Radio Industry, University of Maryland, Colleges and Universities, Virginia Tech, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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