INDIANAPOLIS − Dusty May is staying in Ann Arbor.
Michigan basketball’s coach will not seek other college job opportunities this offseason and is expected to return to U-M for the 2026-27 season and beyond, a source with knowledge of the situation but not permitted to speak publicly on the matter because its not official told the Free Press.
May was rumored to be a top candidate for the North Carolina job that recently opened in Chapel Hill after the Tar Heels fired Hubert Davis.
Another person in the athletic department said there have been ongoing contract negotiations since last month, but all parties wanted to put that on the backburner until Michigan’s NCAA Tournament run was completed.
Michigan will play UConn for the national championship on Monday, April 6 (8:50 pm, TBS) at Lucas Oil Stadium.
May agreed to a five-year extension last season and officially signed the contract in July. The deal features a $4.6 million base salary for this year. That figure is set to go up by $250,000 each of the next four seasons and peaks at $5.6 million in the 2029-30 season, according to his contract previously obtained by the Free Press.
He earned a $50,000 bonus for winning the Big Ten outright, a $50,000 bonus for being named Big Ten coach of the year (media) and has earned another $200,000 for getting the Wolverines to the Final Four. If Michigan wins it all, that bonus will be doubled to $400,000.
May, 49, has led the Wolverines (36-3) to their winningest season in program history and has them one game away from the second national title in program history.
Michigan also set a Big Ten record in 2025-26 with 19 wins in the league and became the first Big Ten program in 50 years (1975-76 Indiana) to go undefeated in the league on the road. May was asked multiple times about the North Carolina position since Michigan has been in Indianapolis.
“After last year, I decided that I’ll never, ever respond to any job speculation,” May said Friday, April 3. “I made the comment that I was flattered about a certain job opening because of my background. That was misconstrued. And so I just decided that I’m never going to comment on any job that I don’t have.
“I think it’s well-documented how happy I am at Michigan. Obviously, my private life, my personal life, my family, their happiness is very important. So yeah, I love it at Michigan, but I’ll never, you’ll never hear me comment on any other job unless Michigan lets me go − and then I’ll comment on every job.”
Tony Garcia is the Michigan beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at apgarcia@freepress.com and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia.
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