 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | William & Mary |
| Conference | CAA Football |
| Record | 29–21 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 9, 1960 West Point, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1982 | Richmond |
| 1983 | Dallas Cowboys |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989–1990 | Richmond (OLB) |
| 1991–1994 | William & Mary (DL) |
| 1995–1996 | Richmond (OLB/RC) |
| 1997–2000 | Boston College (DL) |
| 2001 | Virginia (DL) |
| 2002–2004 | Virginia (DL/RC) |
| 2005 | Houston Texans (DL) |
| 2006–2007 | Virginia (DC/DL) |
| 2008–2009 | Richmond |
| 2010–2015 | Virginia |
| 2016 | Maryland (AHC/DL) |
| 2017–2018 | Howard |
| 2019–present | William & Mary |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 91–82 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Tournaments | 6–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NCAA Division I (2008) 2 CAA (2009, 2022) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA FCS Coach of the Year (2008) BCA National Coach of the Year (2008)[1] ACC Coach of the Year (2011) | |
Michael Wilson London Sr.[2] (born October 9, 1960) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.[3] He is a former defensive back and associate head coach and defensive line coach for the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to Maryland, London was the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers football program of the University of Virginia. Prior to William & Mary, London was head coach of the Howard Bison football program at Howard University in Washington, D.C. A native of the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, London played college and pro football as a defensive back for the Richmond Spiders and Dallas Cowboys. He was a police officer and detective in Richmond, Virginia with the city's street crimes unit before pursuing a coaching career.
He has served in various coaching roles with Richmond, William & Mary, Boston College, and Virginia, as well as the Houston Texans. His most notable roles have come as defensive coordinator and later head coach at the University of Virginia, head coach at Howard University where in 2017 he coached his team to the largest point spread upset victory in college football history,[4] and previously as head coach at the University of Richmond, where his team won the NCAA Division I Football Championship in 2008.
- ^ "London named male coach of the year over Steelers Tomlin". Thecollegianur.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ "Young - London". Newport News Daily Press. February 16, 1997. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ "William & Mary hires former UVa coach London". November 19, 2018.
- ^ "Howard (+45) pulls CFB's biggest upset ever". September 3, 2017.