Dusty May
American basketball coach (born 1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dusty Allan May (born December 30, 1976) is an American college basketball coach, currently the Wolverines men's basketball head coach at the University of Michigan. He was the head coach for Florida Atlantic University from 2018 to 2024, leading the Owls to the NCAA Final Four in 2023. May was hired by Michigan in 2024, replacing Juwan Howard.
May with the Michigan Wolverines in 2025 | |
| Current position | |
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| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Michigan |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 27–10 (.730) |
| Annual salary | $4.65 million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 30, 1976 Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Indiana (2000) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005–2006 | Eastern Michigan (assistant) |
| 2006–2007 | Murray State (assistant) |
| 2007–2009 | UAB (assistant) |
| 2009–2015 | Louisiana Tech (assistant) |
| 2015–2018 | Florida (assistant) |
| 2018–2024 | Florida Atlantic |
| 2024–present | Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 153–79 (.659) |
| Tournaments | 6–3 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (CBI) 0–1 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Coaching career
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Early years
Dusty Allan May was born in Terre Haute, Indiana.[1][2] After graduating from Eastern Greene High School in Bloomfield, Indiana in 1995, May served as a student manager at Indiana University from 1996 to 2000, under legendary Hoosiers head coach Bob Knight.[3] After graduating, he had video and administrative roles with Indiana as well as at the University of Southern California (USC), and his first assistant coaching job at Eastern Michigan University in 2005.[4] May had subsequent stops at Murray State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), serving under former Indiana head coach Mike Davis.[5] After two seasons at UAB, he joined the staff at Louisiana Tech University as an assistant under Kerry Rupp and Mike White from 2009 to 2015.[6] May followed Mike White to the University of Florida, serving as an assistant from 2015 to 2018.
Florida Atlantic University
On March 22, 2018, May was hired at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as the head coach of the Owls basketball program, replacing Michael Curry.[7][8][9] In his first NCAA tournament in 2023, May led the No. 9 seed Owls to the school’s first Final Four, with victories over No. 8 Memphis, No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson, No. 4 Tennessee and No. 3 Kansas State, before losing to No. 5 San Diego State on a buzzer beater. The team finished the season with an NCAA Division I leading and program record, 35 wins.[10]
The next season, he led the program back to the 2024 NCAA tournament as a No. 8 seed, this time losing to No. 9 Northwestern in the first round. In his first tenure as a head coach, from 2018 to 2024, May compiled a 126–69 record and never had a season with a losing record.[11]
University of Michigan
2024–25
On March 23, 2024, May was named the head basketball coach at the University of Michigan, agreeing to a five-year contract with an average value of $3.75 million annually.[11][12][13] In his first month as head coach, May garnered seven new roster commitments in a five-day span, from April 19 to 24.[14] On April 29, he added his eighth offseason commitment, his former center at FAU, Vladislav Goldin.[15] Through November, the first month of the 2024-25 season, May led Michigan to a 6–1 record, including defeating No. 22 Xavier en route to being the Fort Myers Tip-Off champions.[16]
The next two games, Michigan opened the Big Ten Conference season winning on the road against No. 11 Wisconsin and against Iowa. It was Michigan's seventh consecutive win, the longest streak since the 2020–21 Michigan team won 11 consecutive games to start the season. It was also the eighth total win, 8–1, matching the Wolverines previous season’s win total; 8–24.[17] On December 9, Michigan was ranked No. 14 in the AP poll. It marked the first time the Wolverines were ranked in the AP poll since November 14, 2022, and the first time inside the top 15 since November 15, 2021.[18]
Through 22 games, May led Michigan to a 17–5 overall record, 9–2 in the Big Ten and 11–0 at home. Each marked the Wolverines' best record since the 2020–21 team.[19][20] The next game, May returned to his alma mater with No. 24 Michigan defeating Indiana on the road.[21] No. 20 Michigan then won against No. 7 Purdue, moving into first place in the Big Ten standings and improving to 12–0 at home, 11–2 in the conference and 4–2 versus ranked opponents. It was the program's first victory against a top ten ranked team at home since defeating No. 3 Purdue on February 10, 2022.[22] In rivalry week, No. 20 Michigan defeated Ohio State on the road, winning their 20th game of the year (20–5), but at No. 12 in the rankings they lost their first home game of the season to No. 14 Michigan State.[23][24]
On February 21, 2025, May signed a contract extension with Michigan.[25][26] He received one additional year on his previous five-year contract, nearly one million dollars more per year, an increased buyout and a larger NIL investment in the program.[27] Michigan won their next two games and sat in first place in the Big Ten, but lost the final three games of the regular season, including a second loss to Michigan State in the finale. They finished 22–9 and 14–6, tying Maryland for second place in the conference.[28] The 14 conference wins by May were the most in program history for a first-year head coach, including the best win percentage in modern history, topping Steve Fisher's 12–6 conference record in his first official season as head coach with the 1989–90 Michigan team.[29]
On March 14, No. 22 Michigan earned the three seed in the 2025 Big Ten tournament and defeated sixth-seeded No. 20 Purdue in the quarterfinal. With 23 wins on the season, May tied Steve Fisher for the second-most in program history by a first-year head coach.[30][31] On March 15, Michigan defeated second-seeded No. 11 Maryland in the semifinal. On March 16, Michigan defeated fifth-seeded No. 18 Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game, 59–53, winning the program’s first Big Ten tournament since 2018. The Wolverines improved to 25–9, 17–6 against conference opponents and 7–5 against ranked opponents.[32][33] With 25 wins on the season, May tied Brian Ellerbe for the most total wins in program history by a first-year head coach.[31] He also became the first officially recognized conference coach to win the Big Ten tournament title in their first season, with the only other being Ellerbe in Michigan’s first win in 1998, though that season was later vacated by the NCAA. Michigan finished as Big Ten champions one year after finishing in last place in the conference.[34] The win earned Michigan the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the South Region. It was May’s third consecutive season taking a team to the tournament.[35]
On March 20, the Wolverines defeated No. 12 seed UC San Diego, 68–65, in the First Round in Denver, Colorado. With 26 wins, May became the winningest first-year head coach in program history.[36] On March 22, Michigan defeated No. 4 seed Texas A&M in the Second Round 91–79, winning a fifth consecutive postseason game and improving to 27–9. It was May’s second Sweet Sixteen appearance in three seasons.[37] Under his leadership Michigan made history, as no team in the NCAA had ever lost as many games one season before advancing to the Sweet Sixteen of the tournament (since introduced in 1975).[38] On March 28, Michigan lost to the No. 1 overall seed Auburn in the regional semifinal, 65–78. In May’s first season, the Wolverines finished the year 27–10, an increase of 19 wins from the previous season.[39]
Personal life
May and his wife, Anna, have three sons. His eldest, Jack, played for the Florida Gators from 2020 to 2024, while his middle son, Charlie, transferred from the UCF Knights to Michigan in 2024. His youngest, Eli, is a team manager for his father’s Wolverines.[40][10]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Florida Atlantic Owls (Conference USA) (2018–2023) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | Florida Atlantic | 17–16 | 8–10 | T–9th | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2019–20 | Florida Atlantic | 17–15 | 8–10 | 9th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Florida Atlantic | 13–10 | 7–5 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2021–22 | Florida Atlantic | 19–15 | 11–7 | T–2nd (East) | CBI First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Florida Atlantic | 35–4 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four | ||||
| Florida Atlantic Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2023–2024) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Florida Atlantic | 25–9 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| Florida Atlantic: | 126–69 (.646) | 61–38 (.616) | |||||||
| Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Michigan | 27–10 | 14–6 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
| Michigan: | 27–10 (.730) | 14–6 (.700) | |||||||
| Total: | 153–79 (.659) | ||||||||
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