Between the 2026 Men's College Basketball Champs and Texas Aggies Men's Basketball:
Dusty May, the Michigan Coach who orchestrated the incredible turnaround after Juwan Howard's losing season the year before last, winning the title in two years with a starting lineup consisting entirely of portal transfers, was hired to coach in Ann Arbor after his success as the head basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University during the previous 4 years (which included their own improbable Final Four run when their second round opponent was the 16 seed rather than the 1 seed).
However, 19-20 years ago, Dusty May was just an assistant coach... under Billy Kennedy at Murray State for one season before moving to a couple of other places over the next few years prior to joining Mike White at Louisiana Tech and hitching himself to that staff for the remainder of his time as an assistant coach. Of course, Kennedy was hired to replace Mark Turgeon several years after his one year of working with May and became our head coach.
Wouldn't be surprised if this was already discussed on another thread and earlier post - but I don't recall seeing it mentioned or discussed.
BTHO both recruiting and "obtaining" some real talent (and size) out of the Transfer Portal to make next year even better than this past year for Aggie Basketball!
Dusty May, the Michigan Coach who orchestrated the incredible turnaround after Juwan Howard's losing season the year before last, winning the title in two years with a starting lineup consisting entirely of portal transfers, was hired to coach in Ann Arbor after his success as the head basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University during the previous 4 years (which included their own improbable Final Four run when their second round opponent was the 16 seed rather than the 1 seed).
However, 19-20 years ago, Dusty May was just an assistant coach... under Billy Kennedy at Murray State for one season before moving to a couple of other places over the next few years prior to joining Mike White at Louisiana Tech and hitching himself to that staff for the remainder of his time as an assistant coach. Of course, Kennedy was hired to replace Mark Turgeon several years after his one year of working with May and became our head coach.
Wouldn't be surprised if this was already discussed on another thread and earlier post - but I don't recall seeing it mentioned or discussed.
BTHO both recruiting and "obtaining" some real talent (and size) out of the Transfer Portal to make next year even better than this past year for Aggie Basketball!