Dusty A. May (born December 30, 1976) is an American college basketball coach, currently the men's basketball head coach at the University of Michigan. He was the head coach for Florida Atlantic University from 2018 to 2024, leading the Owls to the NCAA Final Four in 2023. May was hired by Michigan in 2024, replacing Juwan Howard.
 May with the FAU Owls in 2023 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Michigan |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 8–3 (.727) |
| Annual salary | $3.75 million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 30, 1976 Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.[1] |
| Alma mater | Indiana (2000) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005–2006 | Eastern Michigan (assistant) |
| 2006–2007 | Murray State (assistant) |
| 2007–2009 | UAB (assistant) |
| 2009–2015 | Louisiana Tech (assistant) |
| 2015–2018 | Florida (assistant) |
| 2018–2024 | Florida Atlantic |
| 2024–present | Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 134–72 (.650) |
| Tournaments | 4–2 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (CBI) 0–1 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Coaching career
editEarly years and Florida Atlantic
editAfter graduating from Eastern Greene High School in Indiana in 1995, May served as a student manager at Indiana under Bob Knight as an undergraduate from 1996 to 2000.[2] After graduation, he had video and administrative roles with both USC and Indiana before landing his first assistant coaching job at Eastern Michigan, where he was on staff for the 2005–2006 season.[3] May then had subsequent stops at Murray State, and UAB, where he served under former Indiana head coach Mike Davis.[4] He joined the staff at Louisiana Tech where he was an assistant under both Kerry Rupp and Mike White.[5]
May followed White to take an assistant coaching job at Florida, where he served from 2015 to 2018 before being named the head coach at Florida Atlantic on March 22, 2018, replacing Michael Curry.[6][7][8] As head coach at Florida Atlantic he compiled a 126–69 record, including a Final Four appearance in 2023, the first in school history. May never finished a season with a losing record.[9]
University of Michigan
edit2024–25
editOn March 23, 2024, May was named the head coach at University of Michigan, agreeing to a five-year contract, with an average value of $3.75 million annually.[9][10][11] In his first month as head coach, May garnered seven new roster commitments in a five-day span, from April 19 to April 24.[12] He added his eighth offseason commitment on April 29, his former star center at FAU, Vladislav Goldin.[13] Through November, the first month of the 2024-25 season, May led Michigan to a (6–1) record, including defeating No. 22 Xavier en route to being the Fort Myers Tip-Off champions.[14]
The next two games, Michigan opened the Big Ten Conference season winning on the road against No. 11 Wisconsin and against Iowa. It was Michigan's seventh consecutive win, the longest streak since winning 11 consecutive games to start the 2020–21 season. It was also the eighth total win (8–1), matching the Wolverines previous season’s win total (8–24).[15] On December 9, Michigan was ranked No. 14 in the AP poll. It marked the first time the Wolverines were ranked in the AP poll since November 14, 2022, and the first time inside the top 15 since November 15, 2021.[16]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Atlantic Owls (Conference USA) (2018–2023) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | Florida Atlantic | 17–16 | 8–10 | T–9th | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2019–20 | Florida Atlantic | 17–15 | 8–10 | 9th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Florida Atlantic | 13–10 | 7–5 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2021–22 | Florida Atlantic | 19–15 | 11–7 | T–2nd (East) | CBI First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Florida Atlantic | 35–4 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four | ||||
| Florida Atlantic Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2023–2024) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Florida Atlantic | 25–9 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| Florida Atlantic: | 126–69 (.646) | 61–38 (.616) | |||||||
| Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Michigan | 8–3 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Michigan: | 8–3 (.727) | 2–0 (1.000) | |||||||
| Total: | 134–72 (.650) | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ May, Dusty (2024-03-27). "What are the Biggest Keys for Purdue & Illinois to Win? Dusty May Stops By". B1G Today (Interview). Big Ten Network. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "Eastern Greene grad Dusty May lands Florida Atlantic coaching job". gcdailyworld.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ "The Official Website of Eastern Michigan Athletics 2005-06 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff". www.emueagles.com.
- ^ "Dusty May Joins UAB Staff As Assistant Coach". University of Alabama at Birmingham.
- ^ "LATechSports.comDusty May Bio - Louisiana Tech Athletics".
- ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff - Florida Gators". floridagators.com.
- ^ "Dusty May Named FAU's Head Men's Basketball Coach".
- ^ "FAU hires Dusty May to replace Michael Curry". 22 March 2018.
- ^ a b Hawkins, James (March 23, 2024). "Michigan agrees to hire Dusty May as new men's basketball coach". The Detroit News. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Wywrot, Tom (March 24, 2024). "Dusty May Selected to Lead Wolverine Men's Basketball Program". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ Wojnarowski, Adrian (March 23, 2024). "FAU's Dusty May to coach Michigan, agrees to 5-year contract". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "Michigan adds 7 players in 5 days to build competitive roster from scratch". MLive.
- ^ "FAU center Vladislav Goldin reuniting with Dusty May on Michigan basketball". Detroit Free Press.
- ^ "Michigan basketball routs No. 22 Xavier to win Fort Myers Tip-Off title". The Detroit News.
- ^ Garcia, Tony (December 7, 2024). "No. 23 Michigan basketball holds off Iowa, 85-83, for 7th straight victory: 'Not surprised'". Detroit Free Press.
- ^ "Amid seven-game win streak, Michigan basketball ranked in AP poll for first time since 2022". On3.