# Dusty May

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.

## Coaching career
### Early years

Dusty Allan May was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. 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. After graduating, he had video and administrative roles with Indiana as well as the University of Southern California (USC), and his first assistant coaching job at Eastern Michigan University for the 2005–06 season. May had subsequent stops at Murray State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), serving under former Indiana head coach Mike Davis. 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. 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, replacing Michael Curry. As the head coach at Florida Atlantic, May compiled a 126–69 record and a Final Four appearance in 2023, the first in school history. He led the Owls back to the NCAA tournament in 2024, this time losing in the opening round. May never finished a season with a losing record during his first tenure as a head coach from 2018 to 2024.

### 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. In his first month as head coach, May garnered seven new roster commitments in a five-day span, from April 19 to April 24. On April 29, he added his eighth offseason commitment, his former center at FAU, Vladislav Goldin. 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.
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. 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.
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. The next game, May returned to his alma mater with No. 24 Michigan defeating Indiana on the road. 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. 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.
On February 21, 2025, May signed a contract extension with Michigan. 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. 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. The 14 conference wins by May were the most in program history for a first-year head coach, including the best win percentage in a full season, topping Steve Fisher's 12–6 conference record in his first official season as head coach with the 1989–90 Michigan team.
On March 14, No. 22 Michigan earned the three seed in the 2025 Big Ten tournament and defeated six seed 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. On March 15, Michigan defeated two seed No. 11 Maryland in the semifinal. On March 16, Michigan defeated five seed No. 18 Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game 59–53, winning the program’s first Big Ten tournament since 2018 and improving to 25–9 ahead of the 2025 NCAA tournament. With 25 wins on the season, May tied Brian Ellerbe for the most total wins in program history by a first-year head coach. 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 at No. 14 in the conference; an increase of 17 total wins from last season and 14 total conference wins.

## Personal life

May and his wife, Anna, have three sons. His eldest, Jack, played for the Florida Gators from 2020–24, while his middle son, Charlie, transferred from the UCF Knights to join his father's Wolverines. His youngest, Eli, is a team manager for Michigan.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| 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: | Florida Atlantic: | 126–69 (.646) | 61–38 (.616) | | |
| Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten Conference) (2024–present) ||||||
| 2024–25 | Michigan | 25–9 | 14–6 | T–2nd | NCAA Tournament |
| Michigan: | Michigan: | 25–9 (.735) | 14–6 (.700) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 151–78 (.659) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||