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06/22 09:35 CDT Mavericks are hiring national champ coach Dusty May away from
Michigan, AP source says
Mavericks are hiring national champ coach Dusty May away from Michigan, AP
source says
By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer
DALLAS (AP) --- The Dallas Mavericks and Dusty May of national champion
Michigan are finalizing a deal for the coach to make the jump from college to
the NBA, a person with knowledge of the deal said Monday.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the
deal wasn't completed.
May and the Wolverines won the NCAA championship with a 69-63 win over UConn in
April to wrap up a 34-3 season. They opened the NCAA Tournament by becoming the
first team ever to score at least 90 points in five consecutive games.
That came three years after the 49-year-old May led Florida Atlantic to its
only Final Four appearance. The Owls returned to the NCAA tourney in 2024
before May was hired by Michigan.
May replaces Jason Kidd, who was let go two weeks after Masai Ujiri was hired
as president of basketball operations and alternate governor of the Mavericks.
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