Michigan coach Dusty May is finalizing a deal to take the Dallas Mavericks’ head coaching job, sources told ESPN, an axis-shifting move that significantly alters the college and NBA landscapes.

May, 49, led Michigan basketball to the national title in 2026. He’ll coach a franchise with Cooper Flagg as a linchpin piece. The Mavericks fired Jason Kidd after a 26-56 season last year.

May led Michigan to a 64-13 record over two seasons in Ann Arbor. In his previous job, he led Florida Atlantic to back-to-back NCAA tournaments, including the 2023 Final Four. He had ruled out other college jobs this offseason, but the NBA has always been intriguing to May.

He’s the first college head coach to take an NBA job since former Michigan coach John Beilein took the Cleveland Cavaliers job in 2019. The last to leave college immediately after winning a national title was Kansas’ Larry Brown in 1988. Florida’s Billy Donovan was the most recent NCAA title-winning coach to leave for the NBA in 2015.

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