The Michigan Wolverines have found Juwan Howard's replacement.
The school announced Sunday that Florida Atlantic's Dusty May agreed to a five-year contract with an average value of $3.75 million to become the next men's basketball head coach:
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"May became swept away with the alumni network and its fierce loyalty to the university and athletics, sources said," Wojnarowski wrote. "His belief is that that will help transcend some of the inherently transactional nature of the modern NIL/transfer portal era in recruiting and player retention."
According to basketball analyst Jeff Goodman, May chose Michigan over Louisville, Vanderbilt and others.
Michigan fired Howard this month following an 8-24 season. The Wolverines finished last in the Big Ten for the first time since 1966-67 and ultimately decided a change was necessary.
Howard was hired by Michigan ahead of the 2019-20 season. He led the program to an 87-72 record and two NCAA tournament appearances during his five-year tenure.
May, meanwhile, had been head coach of Florida Atlantic since 2018. In his six seasons at the helm, the Owls went 126-69 and secured an NCAA tournament berth in each of the last two seasons.
FAU went 60-13 over the last two campaigns under May. The program's .822 winning percentage in that span was the fifth-best in Division I, according to ESPN Stats and Information.
After reaching the Final Four last season as a No. 9 seed, the Owls suffered a first-round loss to No. 9-seeded Northwestern in this year's tournament as a No. 8 seed.
After the loss, May told reporters he wasn't sure about his future despite being arguably the hottest head coaching candidate on the market.
"No idea," May said. "All intentions now have been with this team, with this group. As we see though college basketball is very fluid. … No idea what's next for anybody in our locker room. I love it at FAU, I love coaching these guys and that's it."
After firing Howard earlier this month, the Wolverines saw multiple players enter the transfer portal, including Dug McDaniel, Tarris Reed Jr., Youssef Khayat and George Washington III.
May heads to Ann Arbor with quite the rebuild on his hands, but the Wolverines should be able to reestablish themselves as one of the top college basketball programs in the country under his tutelage.
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