Dallas Mavericks hire Dusty May as head coach

sportsJun 22, 202642716

Dusty May is leaving Michigan to become the Dallas Mavericks' new head coach after leading the Wolverines to the 2026 NCAA national championship. May spent 27 months in Ann Arbor, compiled a 37-3 record this season, and delivered Michigan its first title since 1989. The Mavericks are making a rare rapid college-to-NBA hire, handing a championship-winning coach the job of guiding Luka Dončić and reshaping Dallas's roster and coaching approach.

ESPN

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Breaking: Michigan coach Dusty May is finalizing a deal to take the Dallas Mavericks head coaching job, sources tell Pete Thamel, Shams Charania and Adam Schefter.

Michigan men's basketball coach Dusty May is finalizing a deal to take the Dallas Mavericks head coaching job, sources tell Pete Thamel, Shams Charania and Adam Schefter.

12245d ago

Hawzilla!3

Lol this is not going to end well for him.

The Athletic

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The Dallas Mavericks have named Michigan Wolverines' Dusty May as their new head coach, The Athletic confirms. May won a national championship with Michigan in April. www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...

11145d ago

Dave W8

Because hiring successful college coaches has worked out so great in the NBA recently.

Shawn Meyer4

Did the entire Michigan roster just become available in the portal?

Bryan Mac

@bryanmac.bsky.social

Dusty May was in Ann Arbor for 27 months. He won as many national titles in that time as Tom Izzo has won in his 31 years in East Lansing. So… there’s that.

11545d ago

Shams Charania Tweets

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BREAKING: University of Michigan coach Dusty May has agreed to become the new head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell me, @AdamSchefter, @PeteThamel. Major college-to-pro jump for the 2026 NCAA championship coach and swing for the Mavericks and Masai Ujiri.

7345d ago

Big Ol’ Mush

@chadstanton.blacksky.app

Some folks may not coach the Dallas Mavericks but Dusty May.

5145d ago

Bryan Fischer

@bryandfischer.bsky.social

ESPN is reporting Michigan MBB coach Dusty May is taking the Dallas Mavericks job.

1845d ago

Chris Vannini

@chrisvannini.com

Dusty May to the Mavs. Really, really good coach. www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...

2045d ago

hockey bear dot space

@hockeybear.space

Dusty May knew he would never win at the college level again without the fierce motivating presence of Brooke Quarles Daniels in the building

1945d ago

Ami

@amidanruo.bsky.social

peak coach brain is looking at the dallas mavericks and thinking "i can fix her"

1345d ago

Will Warren

@statsbywill.bsky.social

I don't do content lists or whatever but if I were Michigan I would simply call Dusty May's best friend, Josh Schertz, and see what his price might be. Then when he says no, I would do the same thing in nine months after Interim HC Mike Boynton takes the Wolverines to a 6 seed

1445d ago

NBA Daily News

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Last 2 head coaches to leave college job for NBA: Dusty May (Michigan to Mavs, 2026) John Beilein (Michigan to Cavs, 2019)

1145d ago

TSN

@tsnofficial.bsky.social

Dusty May will be the next head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, per Shams Charania. May led the Michigan Wolverines to a 37-3 record and the program's first National Championship since 1989, and will now take the reigns as Cooper Flagg's second coach in the NBA.

945d ago

Thicc Stauskas

@thiccstauskas.bsky.social

I don’t live Warde or anything but the idea that he should’ve been able to stop Jim Harbaugh or John belein or Dusty May from going to the pros is very silly

1345d ago