Gary Blair, who coached Arkansas to five women’s basketball NCAA Tournament appearances including the Final Four in 1998, announced he will retire at the end of the 2021-22 season.
Blair is the current coach at Texas A&M, where he has been the head man since 2003-04. Blair won the national championship with the Aggies in 2011 and has taken them to 14 straight NCAA Tournaments.
— Gary Blair (@CoachGaryBlair) October 28, 2021
Before his stint in College Station, Blair coached the Razorbacks from 1993-94 to 2002-03. He was 198-120 overall and 54-75 in SEC play.
In the 1997-98 season, the Razorbacks entered the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed. They beat Hawaii in the first round, then No. 16 seed Harvard (which had upset No. 1 Stanford) in the second. Blair and the Hogs beat No. 5 Kansas by 16 in the Sweet 16 and No. 2 Duke by five in the Elite Eight.
Blair began his head coaching career at Stephen F. Austin in 1992.