Michigan Weighs 6 Coaching Candidates After Dusty May Leaves for Mavericks

3 articles · Updated · Maize n Brew · Jun 22

Michigan is targeting six possible replacements after Dusty May left Ann Arbor for the Dallas Mavericks, forcing the Wolverines into a third coaching search in 3 years.
Billy Donovan and Alabama's Nate Oats headline the wish list, though Oats would be costly — his reported buyout is $15 million — and Donovan is seen as a long-shot return to college.
More attainable options include Iowa State's T.J. Otzelberger, whose buyout is around $4 million, plus Texas Tech's Grant McCasland and Saint Louis coach Josh Schertz.
Iowa's Ben McCollum also enters the conversation after leading the Hawkeyes to an Elite Eight run as a 9-seed in his first Big Ten season.
The search follows a jarring exit by May, who spent 2 years at Michigan and led the program to a national championship before jumping to the NBA.