News in this afternoon that former Maryland men’s basketball coach Bud Millikan has died at age 89. From 1950 to 1967, Millikan compiled a 243-182 record with the Terps. In the pre-64-team NCAA tournament, the Terrapins reached an Elite Eight and won an ACC title under his leadership.

From 1964 to 1967, Millikan’s point guard was a young man named Gary Williams.

Here’s what Coach Williams had to say on Millikan’s passing:

“He was my coach for all four years. I think his strength was he was a very strict fundamentals coach. That was an important part of a number of us becoming head coaches. To have that many coaches come off one team shows that if you listened, you picked up a lot of good things. He was a tough coach and if you wanted to play, you did things his way. He was a great person.”