Florida Atlantic’s Dusty Might to be new Michigan coach

Florida Atlantic’s Dusty Might has agreed on a deal to turn into the following males’s basketball coach at Michigan, in accordance with college president Santa Ono.

“I’m thrilled to welcome Dusty Might to the College of Michigan as our new head basketball coach,” Ono wrote on social media Saturday evening.

Sources advised ESPN that Andy Miller, Might’s consultant with Klutch Sports activities, was finalizing the small print on a long-term cope with Michigan officers late into Saturday night.

Might, 47, leaves Florida Atlantic after an inconceivable 2023 Ultimate 4 run and a 2024 NCAA event look, profitable 60 video games over the previous two seasons — which solely UConn and Houston have additionally achieved.

FAU misplaced to Northwestern in time beyond regulation Friday within the first spherical of the NCAA event, and sources stated that Michigan officers moved rapidly to safe Might as the college’s subsequent coach.

A number of high-major packages — together with Louisville of the ACC and Vanderbilt of the SEC — pursued Might as a training candidate. Might finally turned swept away with Michigan’s alumni community and fierce loyalty to the college and athletics, sources stated, and he believes that may assist transcend a few of the inherently transactional nature of the fashionable NIL/switch portal period in recruiting and participant retention.

Might will substitute Juwan Howard, who was dismissed after 5 seasons and this system’s first last-place end within the Massive Ten for the reason that 1966-67 season.

Might’s skilled climb has been a examine in perseverance and endurance. He landed at a downtrodden FAU program six years in the past for his first head-coaching job and went 126-69 with out a shedding season.

Florida Atlantic’s .822 profitable proportion up to now two years was the fifth greatest in Division I, in accordance with ESPN Stats & Info.

FAU’s High 25 rankings up to now two seasons are the one ones in class historical past. The Owls reached the Ultimate 4 as a No. 9 seed in 2023, turning into the ninth crew seeded No. 9 or decrease to succeed in the Ultimate 4 since seeding started in 1979, in accordance with ESPN Stats & Info.

Might is an Indiana College graduate who has had assistant-coaching stops at his alma mater in addition to at USC, Japanese Michigan, Murray State, UAB, Louisiana Tech and Florida.