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Gary Williams Selected for Hoops Hall Of Fame

March 25th, 2014 by WCBC Radio

Former Maryland men’s basketball head coach Gary Williams has been elected for enshrinement to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction Class of 2014 as announced Tuesday.

Williams and the Class of 2014 will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland in Kansas City as part of a three-day celebration of college basketball.

As head coach of the Terrapins  from 1990-2011, Williams led the team to 11 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (1994-2004), a National Championship in 2002, an ACC Tournament championship in 2004 and was enshrined into the University of Maryland Sports Hall of Fame and University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame.

Joining Williams in the Class of 2014 are All-Americans and NCAA champions Grant Hill of Duke and Darrell Griffith of Louisville, along with two-time national player of the year and All-American Shaquille O’Neal of LSU. Former NAIA star Zelmo Beaty of Prairie View A&M, NCAA Final Four coach Dale Brown, and contributors Howard Garfinkel and Glenn Wilkes, Sr.  also join the class.

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