The Michigan Wolverines had a storybook 2025-26 men’s basketball season, with head coach Dusty May leading the team to their second national title and first since 1989.
May has brought energy and excitement to the Wolverines, and more importantly, he’s brought wins. But, whenever a college basketball coach gets this much success, it’s only a matter of time before the NBA comes knocking.
So, is May, who signed a new contract with the team in April, destined to serve as a head coach in the NBA, and could this move come sooner than expected?
Is Michigan’s Dusty May heading to the NBA?
On Thursday, NBA insiders Marc Stein and Jake Fischer reported that the Dallas Mavericks could be going after May to replace Jason Kidd. In their report, they stated that the Mavericks have had “exploratory conversation” with both Duke’s Jon Scheyer and Michigan’s Dusty May “to try to determine if there is any interest.”
Stein also stated that it “remains to be seen” whether either coach would entertain the idea of leaving their college programs and that it’s more “realistic” to think the Mavericks will hire an NBA assistant to take over.
“Yet the more realistic outcome for Dallas remains hiring someone from within the NBA, and, to that end,” he stated in the report, “sources say that the Mavericks have either already registered official interest or plan to do so with a number of prominent assistant coaches.”
So, it’s more expected that the Mavs will take someone already in the NBA, but if they want someone from college, Day would certainly fit the bill.
