List of Maryland Terrapins men's basketball head coaches

The University of Maryland men's basketball team has had ten head coaches in program history, including Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame members Gary Williams and Lefty Driesell. Maryland's longest tenured coach is H. Burton Shipley, who coached from 1923–1946. The team's current head coach is Kevin Willard who was recently hired on March 21, 2022. Prior to that coach Danny Manning served on an interim basis after Mark Turgeon left the team during the 2021–22 season.[1]

Gary Williams led Maryland to a national championship in 2002.
Hall of famer Charles "Lefty" Driesell was Maryland's head coach from 1969-1986.
Howard Burton Shipley was Maryland's first men's basketball head coach.

All-time Head Coaches

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Key
OR Overall record
OW% Overall Win Percentage
CR Conference record
CW% Conference Win Percentage
RC Regular season Conference Championship
TC Conference Tournament Championship
NIT National Invitation Tournament Appearance
NCAA NCAA tournament Appearance
FF NCAA final Four
NC NCAA Tournament Championship
00* Elected into the College Basketball Hall of Fame
00 Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame
Years Coach Seasons OR OW% CR CW% RC TC NIT NCAA FF NC Awards
1923–1947 H. Burton Shipley 24 253–218 .537 124–91 (SoCon) .577 1 1 0 0 0 0
1947–1950 Flucie Stewart 3 27–50 .351 22–27 (SoCon) .468 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950–1967 Bud Millikan 17 243–182 .572 130–109 (SoCon/ACC) .544 0 1 0 1 0 0
1967–1969 Frank Fellows 2 16–34 .320 6–22 (ACC) .214 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969–1986 Lefty Driesell†* 17 348–159 .686 122–100 (ACC) .550 2 1 1 8 0 0 ACC COY (1975, 1980), NCAA Award of Valor (1974)[2]
1986–1989 Bob Wade 3 36–50 .419 7–35 (ACC) .167 0 0 0 1 0 0
1989–2011 Gary Williams†* 22 461–252 .647 194–157 (ACC) .553 3 1 4 14 2 1 ACC COY (2002, 2010)[3]
2011–2021 Mark Turgeon[A] 10 226–116 .661 105–78 (ACC/B1G) .574 1 0 1 5 0 0 B1G COY (2015)[4]
2021–2022 Danny Manning
(interim)[A]
1 10–14 .417 7–13 (B1G) .350 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–present Kevin Willard
1 22-13 .629 11-9 (B1G) .550 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 10 coaches 100 1637–1081 .602 719–626 .534 7 4 6 30 2 1

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Maryland and Mark Turgeon mutually agreed to part ways part of the way through the 2021–22 season, with Danny Manning replacing him on an interim basis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maryland Terrapins men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon steps down after 10-plus seasons". ESPN.com. 3 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Charles 'Lefty' Driesell". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Gary Williams". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Turgeon Named Big Ten Coach of the Year". Maryland Athletics. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2021.