Florida Atlantic coach Dusty Might, who reduce his enamel in basketball teaching as a workforce supervisor for Indiana below Bob Knight within the Nineteen Nineties, goes again to the Large Ten. Might is now a Michigan man.
A bit of extra 24 hours after his eighth-seeded FAU workforce was bounced within the first spherical of the 2024 NCAA Event by Northwestern, Might on Saturday agreed to a five-year contract to be the following coach of the Michigan Wolverines. Faculty president Santa Ono introduced the transfer shortly after CBS Sports activities reported Might’s determination.
Might, 47, led FAU to consecutive NCAA Event appearances the final two seasons and to 60 whole wins in that span, together with a run to the Last 4 in 2023 as a No. 9 seed. He leaves FAU after six years the place he had six successful seasons after inheriting a program that within the seven seasons previous to his arrival by no means completed above .500.
Might will succeed coach Juwan Howard, who was fired from his submit earlier this month following an 8-24 season. Howard was 87-72 in 5 seasons however simply 24-40 over his ultimate two years in Ann Arbor. Michigan completed the season final within the Large Ten race at 3-17, this system’s first last-place end in practically six a long time.
Given Might’s profile as one of many brightest rising coaches within the sport, he turned the prime goal for quite a lot of faculties. Michigan swooped in to snag Might amid what was a heated race of colleges hoping to land him, with Louisville and Vanderbilt additionally potential locations. Vanderbilt was critically thought of, per a supply, however Louisville was finally the largest rival with Michigan. Why did U-M win out? Sources advised CBS Sports activities that Might was enticed as a result of it wasn’t as pressurized of an atmosphere as Louisville. Its place within the Large Ten — and the convention’s monetary energy because it embarks on a billion-dollar media rights deal in an 18-team panorama beginning later this 12 months — was additionally an element.
Whereas it was presumed for days by many in school basketball that Might would decide in at Louisville, the truth is that Might was unsure of his selection as late as early Saturday afternoon. Based on a supply, Might waited till Saturday night to make his determination, finally saying sure to Michigan after he acquired sufficient affirmation that his values in teaching, program-building and NIL sources have been all in keeping with Michigan’s new methods within the post-Howard period.
Might went 126-69 in six seasons at FAU and helped instill a tradition of successful to a spot with virtually no historical past of success in males’s basketball. The Owls have been a hyped workforce in 2023-24 after making the Last 4 — incomes a top-10 preseason rating — however finally fell in need of expectations after incomes a No. 8 seed and dropping within the first spherical of the NCAA Event to Northwestern 77-65 in time beyond regulation on Friday. FAU completed 25-9 this season, its first within the American Athletic Convention.