{"id":2004520,"date":"2026-06-22T14:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2004520"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:24:51","slug":"mavericks-hiring-michigans-dusty-may-as-head-coach-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2004520","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks hiring Michigan\u2019s Dusty May as head coach: Source"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Dallas Mavericks are plucking Dusty May from the college ranks and will make him their head coach, a league source confirmed to The Athletic<\/em>.<\/p>\n

May, who led Florida Atlantic to a Final Four appearance in 2023 and won a national championship with Michigan in April, will take charge of a Mavericks team built around reigning Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg.<\/p>\n

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May, 49, got his start in basketball as a student manager at Indiana under legendary coach Bob Knight. May worked his way up the college ranks before being hired as a first-time head coach at Florida Atlantic in 2018. The Owls went a combined 60-13 in May\u2019s final two seasons before he left for Michigan in 2024.<\/p>\n

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The two seasons May spent at Michigan were a resounding success. The Wolverines went 27-10 in 2024-25, a 19-win improvement from the previous season. Then last season, Michigan finished with a 37-3 record and defeated Connecticut in the national championship game. Three of the Wolverines\u2019 starters \u2014 Yaxel Lendeborg, Morez Johnson Jr. and Aday Mara \u2014 are expected to be first-round picks in this week\u2019s NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

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