Dusty May is headed to the Dallas Mavericks, and Michigan finds itself without a head basketball coach in late June. The Wolverines won the National Championship a couple of months ago and were cruising through the offseason with a top-ten roster. Now, they have to find a new leader and hope that he can keep the train on the tracks.
It’s a seismic move that will lead to the program’s third reset in the last decade — a cycle that started when John Beilein was the last college coach to head to the NBA.
Here are five thoughts on May’s decision, his two-year era in Ann Arbor, and what Michigan can do next.
Still to come
- 1. Dusty May is on a coaching rocket ship
- 2. Transfer portal looms (after a hire)
- 3. Who do you hire?
- 4. We saw May's National Champions, but we'll never see his National Championship program
- 5. Quality of life matters, but basketball drives Dusty May
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