Dusty May staying at Michigan, taken out of North Carolina coach search

Dusty May will be the coach at Michigan beyond Monday's Men's NCAA Tournament championship game. In a statement to Tony Garcia of the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network, Wolverines athletic director Warde Manuel put speculation and rumors around May as North Carolina's potential next head coach to bed. It had been reported by multiple outlets on April 5 that May, a reported top candidate in the Tar Heels' search, had told Michigan he was not looking to take a different job.

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" May fielded multiple questions about his name being tossed into the North Carolina job search at the Final Four in Indianapolis, but never named the Tar Heels directly in his responses. "After last year, I decided I'll never respond to any job speculation. I had already agreed to terms with Michigan, was 100% done, and I made the comment that I was flattered about a certain job opening because of my background, and that was misconstrued, so I just decided I'm never going to comment on any job that I don't have," May said on Friday, April 3 in a media availability.

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