The Dallas Mavericks are hiring Michigan head coach Dusty May to the same role, according to the Associated Press, Dallas Morning News and ESPN. May replaces Jason Kidd, who was let go two weeks after Masai Ujiri was hired as president of basketball operations and alternate governor of the Mavericks.
May’s Coaching Career
Dusty May and Michigan won the 2026 national championship over UConn after going 34-3. They opened the NCAA Tournament by becoming the first team ever to score at least 90 points in five consecutive games. May began his college coaching career as an assistant at Murray State in 2005-06. He then served on staffs at UAB, Louisiana Tech and Florida before getting his first head coaching job at Florida Atlantic.
May’s rise in coaching has been meteoric, particularly after the last four seasons. He took over at Florida Atlantic in 2018 and had four consecutive seasons of finishing just over .500 — before striking gold in the 2022-23 season, going 35-4 and taking the Owls on that improbable Final Four run.
Original reporting: Dallas TX News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
