 The 2009–2010 team was to be the last great Gary Williams team.The following season a group of promising freshmen and veteran holdovers from the 2009–2010 team failed to replicate the success of the prior season and the Terrapins struggled to a 19–14 mark, failing to make the post-season altogether for the first time since 1993.On May 5, 2011, Gary Williams announced his decision to retire from coaching basketball.