Dusty May shares coolest person to reach out after making Final Four

Making a run like the one FAU is on can open up some doors. For Owls head coach Dusty May, that could mean a new job in a bigger conference or a higher salary at his current school. It’s also led to a lot of new people reaching out to the coach.

One of those people who has reached out to May is Doug Lemov.

“There’s been so many,” Dusty May said. “These coaches you idolize growing up, and you watch them in the Final Four, giving you advice how to handle this, handle that.”

For Dusty May that is Doug Lemov, showing that May wants to emphasize the teaching side of his profession.

“But probably the person that really I’ve been most impressed with is a gentleman named Doug Lemov. He teaches teachers how to teach. He’s wrote a couple of books, ‘The Coach’s Guide to Teaching.”]’ And during COVID I became obsessed with becoming a better teacher and communicator. Read all his books and podcasts,” May said

“And he reached out the other day, invited me to a conference that he’s going to be in Miami. Probably not the national celebrity you guys are wanting to hear, but in my world that was the coolest text.”

FAU will play San Diego State in the Final Four. With a win, the Owls will play for a national championship against either UConn or Miami. It’s a chance to shock the sports world.

Dusty May on the location of non-conference games

Dusty May says that the actual location of non-conference games is an issue for conferences like C-USA. That’s because they need money, so they play road games. However, this makes it harder to win and harder to make the NCAA Tournament.

“This is a tough question. I’ve learned through the process that certain things can be construed differently than intended And once again, I’m not complaining about that either. But to me the problem is it’s not the end-of-the-day selection because when you look at the body of work and the goalposts moving, things like that, I see why the Selection Committee does what they do,” May said.

“But the problem is we can’t play these teams at home or on a neutral site. We can go for a money game. We all know what money games mean.”