Michigan will have a new head basketball coach next season.
According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Adam Schefter and Shams Charania, Dusty May is finalizing a deal to take over as the Mavericks’ head coach. ESPN's Jeff Borzello joined Thamel and Schefter in reporting that Michigan is expected to promote assistant Mike Boynton Jr. as May's replacement.
Breaking: Michigan coach Dusty May is finalizing a deal to take the Dallas Mavericks head coaching job, sources tell @PeteThamel, @ShamsCharania and @AdamSchefter. pic.twitter.com/GTBtftYF8l
— ESPN (@espn) June 22, 2026
Sources: Michigan is working toward hiring Mike Boynton Jr. as interim coach, per me and @jeffborzello and @AdamSchefter. pic.twitter.com/vZquplDDgB
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) June 22, 2026
May’s tenure in Ann Arbor ends after two seasons in which he led the program to a 64-13 record. He previously coached at Florida Atlantic, leading the Owls to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Final Four run in 2023. May was also considered a top candidate for the Ohio State job before the Buckeyes promoted interim coach Jake Diebler to the full-time role.
During Michigan’s championship parade in April, athletic director Warde Manuel announced that May had agreed to a new deal that would keep him in Ann Arbor for “many years to come.” However, the agreement had not been formally signed at the time of Manuel’s comments, and no official contract announcement followed in the months afterward.
May is the first college head coach to jump to the NBA since former Michigan coach John Beilein left for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2019. According to ESPN Research, he is the first coach to leave immediately after winning a national championship since Kansas’ Larry Brown in 1988, and the most recent title-winning coach to leave for the NBA since Florida’s Billy Donovan in 2015.
His departure left Michigan without a head coach just over four months from the start of the 2026-27 season, though Boynton is expected to step in as the program’s interim head coach immediately. Boynton, 44, went 119-109 in seven seasons at Oklahoma State (2017-24) before joining May’s staff in Ann Arbor in 2024. He led the Cowboys to the NIT Quarterfinals twice (2018 and 2023) and the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32 once (2021).
Michigan’s internal hire is expected to help the program retain its roster, as players are provided a 15-day transfer window after a new head coach is hired or publicly announced.
The Wolverines’ current roster includes Final Four Most Outstanding Player Elliot Cadeau, a trio of talented transfers in J.P. Estrella, Moustapha Thiam and Jalen Reed, along with plenty of depth that has positioned the team as one of the nation’s best entering the year.
