The University of Maryland men's basketball team has had eleven 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 Buzz Williams who was recently hired on April 1, 2025. Prior to that coach Kevin Willard served as head coach since 2022, before leaving after the 2025 NCAA Tournament to join Villanova.
All-time Head Coaches
+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*Elected into the College Basketball Hall of Fame†Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame
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) 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) 2011–2021 Mark Turgeon 10 226–116 .661 105–78 (ACC/B1G) .574 1 0 1 5 0 0 B1G COY (2015) 2021–2022 Danny Manning(interim) 1 10–14 .417 7–13 (B1G) .350 0 0 0 0 0 0 2022–2025 Kevin Willard 3 65-39 .625 32-28 (B1G) .533 0 0 0 1 0 02025–Present Buzz Williams 1 12-21 .364 4-16 (B1G) .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
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