2 years after Michigan made a painful coaching change, Dusty May capped an incredible turnaround with a title
May took over a Michigan program that was at a low point and was replacing a legendary alum in Juwan Howard. He's turned out to be an instant home run hire.
INDIANAPOLIS — Just over 750 days ago, Michigan basketball finished a miserable, degrading eight-win season and did the only thing it could have done. Five years into a tenure that finally healed the university’s sometimes complicated relationship with the Fab Five , it had no choice but to fire Juwan Howard. The energy around the program was gone.
The roster was threadbare. The impending coaching search was uncertain, as most of them are. Michigan has been a good program for a long time, with a lone national championship banner nearly four decades old, but it was nobody’s idea of a blue blood.
There was no guarantee Michigan could land a slam-dunk coaching star. “I love Juwan Howard,” Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I thought it was necessary.
And the program is where it is today. ” Down in Florida, Dusty May was the most desired coaching prospect on the market. Though the journey had been winding, six years at Florida Atlantic — and the stunning Final Four appearance in 2023 — had put May in a position for the first time in his career to pick the next move.
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