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Michigan chose continuity. It also faced reality. Hiring a college basketball coach in late June is not ideal timing.
The Wolverines, according to multiple reports, will promote Mike Boynton Jr. to interim coach to succeed Dusty May, who’s leaving for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks.
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The key word in that sentence? “Interim.”
That suggests this is a trial run — as it should be.
What’s next? Michigan has interim fix to Dusty May exit. But who could be long-term answer?
If Boynton can keep Michigan’s roster together, the Wolverines possess enough talent after signing an elite recruiting class to pursue another deep NCAA Tournament run. Achieve that, and Boynton can shed the interim label.
But, this job is too good for Michigan to commit to Boynton being anything more than a one-year experiment.
Never mind Michigan isn’t a blue blood, it boasts top-tier resources, and money matters more than ever in the buy-a-player landscape. If Boynton wobbles as interim, Michigan should open the job next spring to a full search that ought to attract top candidates.
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Keep Saint Louis coach Josh Schertz on speed dial. Schertz would have been a natural heir to May if the job had opened two months ago.
The good news for Michigan? Schertz isn’t going anywhere between now and March. Schertz passed on Syracuse and NC State to stay at SLU — perhaps, because he figured something better would open if he showed patience.
Well, Michigan would fit the bill as something better.
Schertz and May are good pals, too. Before SLU faced May’s Wolverines in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Schertz spoke of his yearslong friendship with May, calling him “an incredible resource.”
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“We’re always picking each other’s brain,” Schertz said then.
Josh Schertz would fit Michigan’s past playbook of hiring Dusty May
May climbed the ladder from video coordinator to becoming best coach in college basketball. Schertz also knows how to grind. He spent more than a decade coaching in Division II before Indiana State smartly hired him.
Schertz would’ve been an appropriate and qualified successor to his…
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