COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Gary Williams, the longtime Maryland basketball coach, stepped into retirement Friday with a fist pump, a few timely jokes and tears in his eyes.

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Gary Williams, who spent 22 years at Maryland, says he was leaving as head coach in order “to see what’s out there.”

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One day after he stunned the university by calling it quits, the 66-year-old Williams formally bade farewell during an emotional ceremony at Comcast Center before family, friends, several of his former players and thousands of Terrapins fans.

As Williams walked onto the floor, he treated the crowd to his familiar fist pump. Minutes later, his eyes welled with tears as the crowd stood and chanted, “Gary! Gary!”