Michigan has discovered its alternative for Juwan Howard.
The varsity introduced Sunday morning that it had agreed to a five-year take care of Florida Atlantic coach Dusty Could. His contract is for 5 years and averages $3.75 million per season.
“For nearly twenty years Dusty Could’s confirmed monitor report as a winner, together with Florida Atlantic’s magical run to a 2023 Last 4, speaks volumes about him and his teaching,” Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel stated in an announcement. “We’re so delighted to welcome Dusty, and his household, to the College of Michigan. He embodies the values of excessive integrity and excellent character, coupled with an unparalleled understanding of the sport of basketball.
Could’s rent formally comes two days after Florida Atlantic was eradicated from the NCAA event by one other Large Ten crew. The Owls misplaced to Northwestern within the first spherical on Friday.
Could has spent the final six seasons at FAU, which marked his first head teaching job in faculty basketball. He led the Owls on a Last 4 run — they had been a buzzer-beater away from making the nationwide championship sport — final season and it instantly made him one of the vital sought-after coaches within the nation. FAU went 25-9 this season and reached the NCAA event for a second straight yr.
Could is answerable for FAU’s solely two seasons ranked within the nationwide polls, and he compiled a 126-69 general report in six years.
Michigan fired Howard earlier this month after it was knocked out of the Large Ten event by Penn State. The Wolverines ended the yr on a nine-game dropping streak, which marked their third dropping streak this previous season with at the least 5 losses, and had only a 8-24 report. Howard completed with an 87-72 report, and made simply two NCAA tournaments in 5 seasons. He handled a number of tumultuous stints in Ann Arbor, too, together with a suspension after he hit a Wisconsin assistant coach and a reported confrontation with Michigan’s coach earlier this season.
Could had been linked to a number of high-profile jobs this season, together with at Louisville, Ohio State, Vanderbilt and even Indiana — which opted to maintain Mike Woodson regardless of Could’s deep connections to the Hoosiers. Ohio State, which fired longtime coach Chris Holtmann, already promoted interim coach Jake Diebler. Louisville break up with Kenny Payne earlier this month after a brutal two-year tenure, and Vanderbilt fired head coach Jerry Stackhouse.
Could will now be tasked with reviving the Wolverines’ program, which fell off arduous after a pair of deep event runs in 2021 and 2022. They went simply 18-16 final season and missed the NCAA event earlier than this yr’s tough outing. However with the best way he introduced FAU onto the nationwide stage for the primary time in this system’s existence, the Wolverines are betting he can duplicate that success rapidly in Ann Arbor.