Overview
- Dusty May resigned his job at the University of Michigan to become head coach of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and will coach 2026 Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg and recent draftee Morez Johnson Jr.
- U‑M interim president Domenico Grasso said May told him that pressures from the transfer portal and uncertainty over NCAA NIL support factored into his decision to leave the college game.
- Michigan and May had discussed a new contract and reached agreement on most terms but no signed deal was in place before he departed for the NBA.
- The university named Mike Boynton Jr. as interim coach and now faces a short transfer‑portal window and near‑term roster and recruiting uncertainty for the program.
- Grasso said the current system needs clearer rules and called some provisions of the Protect College Sports Act deeply concerning, adding Michigan will work with lawmakers to seek balanced reforms that protect the school’s competitive position.