Sources: FAU’s May to be Michigan’s head coach

• Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMar 23, 2024, 09:48 PM ET

Florida Atlantic’s Dusty May has agreed on an offer to end up being the next men’s basketball coach at Michigan, sources informed ESPN.Andy Miller, May’s agent with Klutch Sports, was settling details on a long-term handle University of Michigan officials late into Saturday evening, sources said.May, 47, leaves Florida Atlantic after an unlikely 2023 Final Four run and a 2024 NCAA tournament appearance, winning 60 games over the previous 2 seasons– which just UConn and Houston have done.Editor’s Picks 2 Related FAU lost to Northwestern in overtime on Friday in the opening round

of the NCAA tourney, and sources stated

that Michigan authorities moved quickly to secure May as the school’s next coach.Several high-major programs– consisting of Louisville of the ACC and Vanderbilt of the SEC– pursued Might as a training prospect.

May eventually ended up being swept away with Michigan’s alumni network and its strong loyalty to the university and sports, sources stated, and he thinks that will assist transcend some of the naturally transactional nature of the modern-day NIL/transfer portal period in recruiting and player retention.May will replace Juwan Howard, who was dismissed after 5 seasons and the program’s very first last-place surface in the Big 10 given that the 1966-67 season.May’s professional climb has actually been a study in perseverance and persistence. He landed at a downtrodden FAU program 6 years ago for his very first head-coaching task and went 126-69 without a losing season.Florida Atlantic’s.822 winning percentage in the past two years was the 5th best in Department I, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.FAU’s Top 25 rankings in the previous two seasons are the only ones in school history. The Owls reached the Final 4 as a No. 9 seed in 2023, ending up being

the ninth group seeded No. 9 or lower to reach the Last Four considering that seeding began in 1979, per ESPN Statistics & Info data.May is an Indiana University

graduate who has had assistant-coaching stops at his university as well as at USC, Eastern Michigan, Murray State, UAB, Louisiana Tech and Florida.