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The College of Michigan on Friday fired males’s basketball coach Juwan Howard, the previous “Fab 5” star who was honored as school coach of the 12 months three years in the past.
The Wolverines completed final within the Huge Ten with an 8-24 total report and 3-17 within the convention this season. The workforce misplaced their final 9 video games, together with a first-round matchup with Penn State within the Huge Ten Event earlier this week.
“After a complete assessment of this system, I’ve determined that Juwan won’t return as our males’s basketball coach,” Warde Manuel, Michigan’s director of athletics, stated in a information launch.
The 51-year-old Howard, who performed at Michigan through the Fab 5 period from 1991 to 1994, compiled an 82-67 report whereas main this system to 2 NCAA event appearances in 2021 and 2022. He spent the previous 5 seasons on the helm, and was named the Related Press Nationwide Coach of the Yr and the Huge Ten’s Coach of the Yr in 2021, when he led Michigan to the Elite Eight.
Manuel stated the college determined to make a “management change” after a “complete assessment of this system.”
“Juwan is among the many biggest Wolverines to ever be related to our basketball program,” Manuel stated. “I understand how a lot it meant, to not solely Juwan, however to all of us for him to return right here to steer this program. Regardless of his love of his alma mater and the constructive expertise that our student-athletes had beneath his management, it was clear to me that this system was not residing as much as our expectations and never trending in the suitable course.”
“I’m grateful for Juwan’s dedication, ardour and dedication to U-M and for all that he, and his legacy, will proceed to imply to Michigan,” Manuel added.
The varsity will start a “nationwide search” for a brand new coach “instantly.”
CNN’s Brammhi Balarajan contributed to this report.