After a long and highly successful coaching career at the college level, former Michigan head coach Dusty May is making the jump to the professional ranks.
On June 23, May was hired by the Dallas Mavericks to become the organization’s next head coach, ultimately ending the coach’s dominant two-year run at Michigan, according to Shams Charania, Pete Thamel and Adam Schefter.
“I am honored to join the Dallas Mavericks organization,” May said in a statement. “This is one of the most respected franchises in professional sports, with passionate fans, a talented roster, and a clear commitment to building a championship organization.”
May most recently served as Michigan’s head coach over the two seasons, leading the Wolverines to an impressive 64-13 record. He also helped Michigan claim the Big Ten conference tournament title in 2024-25, while also taking home the conference’s regular-season title last year after a 37-3 overall record and 19-1 finish in conference play.
May was just as successful in the NCAA tournament, taking the Wolverines to the Sweet 16 in 2025, before he capped off his time with Michigan by claiming the program’s first national title since 1989 last season.
Prior to his time at Michigan, May spent six seasons coaching Florida Atlantic from 2019-24, where he would become the program’s all-time leader in career wins with a 126-69 mark.
While May never managed a losing record in his time with the Owls, his fifth season was his strongest. In 2023, May helped FAU to a 35-4 record, Conference USA regular-season and tournament titles, and the program’s first-ever Final Four appearance. He then followed it up with an NCAA tournament in 2024, before ultimately leaving for Michigan. Before May, FAU had made just one NCAA tournament and had never advanced to the Round of 32.
With May’s departure to the Mavericks, he became the first coach to jump from college to an NBA job since former Michigan head coach John Beilein spent part of the 2019-20 season with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
He will replace former Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd and is set to manage in a new era in Dallas, ushered in by 2026 NBA Rookie of the Year and former No. 1 overall pick forward Cooper Flagg.
Michigan officially promoted assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. as the program’s interim head coach on June 23.
