Michigan head coach Dusty May is no newbie to Arizona basketball. In a strange way, he has some UA blood in his coaching background.
Michigan head coach Dusty May yells from the sidelines during the second half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament against Tennessee, March 29, 2026, in Chicago.
After serving as a student manager for Hall of Fame coach Bobby Knight at Indiana, 1996-2000, May moved to SoCal to be a graduate assistant coach for USC's Henry Bibby, father of Arizona's 1997 Final Four hero Mike Bibby.
Small world, huh?
May and the Trojans went 1-4 against Arizona over two seasons, which included a run to the Elite Eight in 2000-01 under Bibby on a team that had All-Pac-10 players Sam Clancy and Brian Scalabrine. From there, May coached at Eastern Michigan, Murray State, UAB, Louisiana Tech and Florida before getting his first head coaching job at Florida Atlantic.
His FAU squad beat Tommy Lloyd’s Wildcats 96-95 in a double-overtime, made-for-TV game in 2023 in Las Vegas.
The last time May coached in Tucson was at a November 2008 pre-season NIT game against interim head coach Russ Pennell’s squad. UAB upset Arizona 72-71 when Wildcat Jamelle Horne committed an intentional foul with 1.2 seconds to go, giving UAB the winning free throws.
