Winter 2019 Issue

London to Williamsburg


By Ashley K. Speed

Mike London was recently named the new head coach of the William & Mary football team.

London, a national championship–winning coach, returns to Williamsburg after serving as Howard University’s head coach since 2017.

A former William & Mary assistant coach, London replaced longtime Head Coach Jimmye Laycock ’70, who retired in November after 39 years at the university.

In 2008 London won a national title as head coach at the University of Richmond and earned Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year honors at the University of Virginia in 2011.

Archived on December 31, 2025 from the Winter 2019 issue of the W&M Alumni Magazine.