Mike London is one of the most popular and richest Football Coach who was born on October 9, 1960 in New York, United States. In 2010, he replaced He replaced Al Groh as the head coach of the University of Virginia Cavaliers in 2010. to be the University of Virginia Cavaliers’ head coach.
Michael Wilson London Sr. (born October 9, 1960) is the current head football coach for the William & Mary Tribe football program at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. 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.
His son, Brandon London, is a retired wide receiver who played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. His younger brother Paul London played defensive back for Virginia under George Welsh in the early 1990s. His daughter, Kristen London, played women’s basketball at Virginia under famed former coach Debbie Ryan, and is currently playing professional football for the Denver Bandits of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC). He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
Brandon, his son, played wide receiver in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal Alouettes.
In 2011, he was named ACC Coach Of The Year.
After a 1-3 start in the 2015 season, including a September 25 14-56 blowout loss to the Boise State University Broncos, calls for London’s resignation or termination began appearing in the media and elsewhere The University had no comment to the rumors and press stories, and many college football pundits did not give the reports much long term credibility, including Mike London himself. On November 29, 2015, after losing the last game of the season to Virginia Tech, London announced his resignation.
