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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN
Florida Atlantic's Dusty May has agreed to a deal to become Michigan's next men's basketball coach, sources told ESPN.
Andy Miller, Maye's representative with Klutch Sports, was finalizing details of a long-term deal with University of Michigan officials late Saturday night, sources said.
Mayo, 47, leaves Florida Atlantic after an improbable 2023 Final Four run and a 2024 NCAA Tournament appearance, winning 60 games over the past two seasons — something only UConn and Houston have done.
FAU lost to Northwestern in overtime on Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, and sources said Michigan officials moved quickly to secure Maye as the school's next coach.
Several major programs — including Louisville of the ACC and Vanderbilt of the SEC — pursued May as a coaching candidate. Sources said Maye eventually gravitated toward Michigan's alumni network and intense loyalty to the university and athletics, and believes that will help move beyond some of the transactional nature inherent in the modern NIL/transfer gate era in recruiting and retaining players.
Maye will replace Juwan Howard, who was fired after five seasons and the program's first last-place finish in the Big Ten since the 1966-67 season.
May's professional climbing has been a study in perseverance and patience. He arrived at the downtrodden FAU program six years ago in his first coaching job and went 126-69 without a losing season.
Florida Atlantic's .822 winning percentage the past two years was fifth-best in Division I, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
FAU's top 25 rankings the past two seasons are the only ones in school history. The Owls reach the Final Four as a No. 9 seed in 2023, becoming the ninth team seeded No. 9 or lower to reach the Final Four since the seedings began in 1979, according to ESPN Stats & Info data.
Maye is an Indiana University graduate who has made stops as an assistant coach at his alma mater as well as USC, Eastern Michigan, Murray State, UAB, Louisiana Tech and Florida.
