Maryland Honors Chris Weller With Banner
2/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The fifth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team honored 27-year head coach Chris Weller with a halftime recognition at the Feb. 8 game vs. No. 19 Nebraska. The Terrapins will unveiled banner in the rafters to celebrate their Hall of Fame coach.
Over 40 of Weller's former players came to the game and joined her on the court as the banner was unveiled. The Terrapins also celebrated their annual Alumni Day at Sunday's game.
A 1966 Maryland graduate, Weller was named head coach for the Terrapins in 1975. In her 27 seasons with the Terps she guided Maryland to three Final Fours, eight Elite Eights, 10 Sweet Sixteen appearances and eight ACC Championships to include a win in the first ever women's basketball ACC Tournament Championship in 1978.
Named ACC Coach of the Year twice and the 1992 Naismith Coach of the Year, Weller was the fifth Division one coach to earn at least 400 victories at one school, setting a Maryland record with 499 wins and ranking in the Top 25 in all-time coaching wins.
Weller coached four All-Americans and five Olympians in her time at Maryland. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
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