[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 20, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E791]
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                      HONORING COACH GARY WILLIAMS

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 2014

  Mr. HOYER, Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Coach Gary Williams, who 
has been selected as an inductee to the National Collegiate Basketball 
Hall of Fame for 2014.
  For twenty-two years, Gary Williams coached the men's basketball team 
at the University of Maryland. As head coach of the Terrapins, Gary 
Williams led the team to a National Championship in 2002, an Atlantic 
Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament Championship in 2004, as well as 
eleven consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 
Tournament appearances.
  During his time at the University of Maryland, he compiled an overall 
coaching record of 668-380, led the Terps to seven 25-win seasons with 
twenty-two appearances in the postseason, and was named ACC Coach of 
Year in both 2002 and 2010. He was also recently voted as a member of 
the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
  While Gary Williams retired from coaching basketball in 2011, we have 
been lucky enough that he has remained with the Maryland athletic 
department as Assistant Athletic Director and Special Assistant to the 
Athletic Director. On January 26, 2012, the University of Maryland 
honored him by renaming the basketball court at the Comcast Center, 
``Gary Williams Court.''
  His hard work and dedication has brought great pride and distinction 
to the University, as well as to the State of Maryland, and I ask my 
colleagues to join me in celebrating Coach Gary William's latest, much-
deserved honor.

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