Michigan has found its replacement for Juwan Howard.
Florida Atlantic’s Dusty May has agreed to a deal to become the Wolverines’ next head coach, his agent told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday night. The move comes just days after the Owls were knocked out of the first round of the NCAA tournament.
ESPN Sources: Florida Atlantic’s Dusty May has agreed on a deal to become the next coach at the University of Michigan. Andy Miller — May’s representative with Klutch Sports — is completing details with school officials on a long-term contract tonight. pic.twitter.com/oEVAzbbDuW
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 24, 2024
May has spent the last six seasons at FAU, which marked his first head coaching job in college basketball. He led the Owls on a Final Four run, and they were a buzzer-beater away from making the national championship game, last season — which immediately made him one of the most sought-after coaches in the country. FAU went 25-9 this season and reached the NCAA tournament for a second straight year, but they fell to Northwestern in overtime in their first round game on Thursday afternoon.
Michigan fired Howard earlier this month after it was knocked out of the Big Ten tournament by Penn State. The Wolverines ended the year on a nine-game losing streak, which marked their third losing streak this past season with at least five losses, and had just a 8-24 record. Howard finished with an 87-72 record, and made just two NCAA tournaments in five seasons.
May had been linked to several high-profile jobs this season, including at Louisville, Ohio State and even Indiana — which opted to keep Mike Woodson despite May’s deep connections to the Hoosiers. Ohio State, which fired longtime coach Chris Holtmann, already promoted interim coach Jake Diebler. Louisville split with Kenny Payne earlier this month, too, after a brutal two-year tenure.
May will now be tasked with reviving the Wolverines’ program, which fell off hard after a pair of deep tournament runs in 2021 and 2022.
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