The leadership of the Michigan Wolverines had to have hit maximum “scramble mode” on Monday when news broke that head basketball coach Dusty May
departed for a gig in the NBA.
May is now the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, and though he did leave Michigan after he brought a national championship to Ann Arbor, the Wolverines will undoubtedly have a tough time replacing him.
The first thing they needed to do was find an interim head coach. Someone who could man the ship while they looked at their options.
For that, they turned to assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. He was the Wolverines’ “defensive coordinator,” and a vital piece of their 2025 NCAA Tournament run.
Plenty of names will be thrown around to replace May, and there are some interesting options for Michigan. There is absolutely a world in which Boynton can win the job full-time, though.
