Dusty May confirms plan after signing extension: 'I'm staying at Michigan'

On Friday, Michigan secured head coach Dusty May‘s future with the program by signing the 48-year-old head coach to a new multi-year contract. Ahead of the Wolverines’ showdown against Michigan State on Friday night, May provided Wolverines fans with a few encouraging words about the deal.

“I think it makes it obvious. I’m staying at Michigan,” May said, per CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander.

May is in his first year of a five-year contract with Michigan. Nonetheless, some fans were concerned about May leaving Michigan after Indiana head coach Mike Woodson revealed he will be stepping down at the end of this season.

Indiana is May’s alma mater. He served as a team manager for the Hoosiers under Bob Knight from 1996-2000. Evidently, May doesn’t plan on leaving Ann Arbor for the place he once called home.

Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel officially announced the new contract with May on Friday.

“I am excited to announce that Dusty and I have agreed to a new multi-year contract,” Manuel said in a statement. “His commitment to this University and the success of the men’s basketball program has far exceeded our expectations and makes us all excited for what the future holds. I look forward to Dusty, Anna, and his family remaining a part of the fabric of this University and community for many years to come.”

May has engineered an impressive turnaround in Ann Arbor this season, taking Michigan to a 20-5 overall record and a 12-2 mark in Big Ten play entering Friday night’s rivalry game against Michigan State. The Wolverines came in as a No. 4 seed in On3’s James Fletcher III’s latest Bracketology on Thursday.

Prior to his arrival at Michigan this year, May took Florida Atlantic to a 126-69 record over his six years at the helm. The Owls notably made a run to the Final Four in 2023 and finished second in the American Athletic Conference in 2023-24 after making the jump from Conference USA.

“I am grateful to Warde (Manuel), U-M President Santa Ono, and all the members of the Board of Regents for the trust and support they have given me as the head coach,” May said in a statement. “My goal is to bring continued success to this historic program. We cannot reach that goal without the hard work that my staff and players put into this program.

“We have built a solid foundation; however, there is much more work to be done. I look forward to those challenges and what the future holds for me and my family in Ann Arbor.”

On3’s Nick Schultz also contributed to this report.