Dusty May was asked about UNC coaching vacancy. What Michigan coach said
Michigan's Dusty May is considered a potential candidate for the UNC opening. What has the Wolverines' coach said about it? Here's what to know:
One of the biggest storylines at the Final Four doesn't necessarily involve one of the four teams that secured a spot in the national semifinals in Indianapolis. It instead involves a program roughly 600 miles southeast of the Final Four, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where UNC basketball is on Day 11 of a head coaching search following the firing of Hubert Davis . Following Arizona's announcement of Tommy Lloyd's long-term commitment to the Wildcats on Friday, April 3, one coach was asked about their name being linked to the Tar Heels' job opening: Michigan coach Dusty May.
REQUIRED READING: Here's where UNC basketball could turn next, with Tommy Lloyd off table May, in his second season in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has quickly become one of the top coaches in the country, a trajectory that started during his time at Florida Atlantic. This season, May has led the Wolverines to the program's first Final Four since 2018 after building one of the top rosters in the country through the transfer portal with the additions of Yaxel Lendeborg, Aday Mara, Morez Johnson Jr. and Elliot Cadeau, the last of whom came over from the Tar Heels.
Here's what May has said of North Carolina job opening: What Dusty May said of UNC basketball job opening May has fielded questions about the North Carolina job, but has not named the Tar Heels directly in his responses. May, speaking with Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68 on Thursday, April 2, said he is "incredibly happy" and "honored" to be at the Final Four in Indianapolis as the head coach of the Wolverines, and that he won't "comment on any job" that’s not his. "I decided when my alma mater opened (Indiana), no matter what you said, it could be misinterpreted, and so I'm forever going to not comment on any job that’s not mine," May said.
"I’m incredibly happy, honored, and blessed to be the coach of Michigan in the Final Four, representing this incredible university and athletic department. " ICYMI: Dusty May on the North Carolina coaching rumors “I’m not going to comment on any job that’s not mine. I’m incredibly happy, honored, and blessed to be the coach of Michigan in the Final Four.