Dusty May will be remaining in Michigan for the long term.
During the Wolverines’ NCAA championship celebration in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel revealed that May had agreed to a contract extension to stay at the school.
“Dusty and I have already reached an agreement,” Manuel said before receiving a standing ovation along with chants of “Dusty” from the crowd. “And he will be the leader of this basketball team for many years to come.”
Terms of the contract are not yet clear.
Manuel said following the ceremony that he and May will be putting the deal “on paper” as he lauded their relationship.
“We reached an agreement on the terms, and we’re putting it on paper,” Manuel told The Athletic. “He’s going to be our coach. Dusty and I have a great relationship.
“We’ve been busy, and my staff has been working on it. It’s going to be on his desk this weekend.”
Manuel was adamant on retaining May for as long as possible, telling reporters that he wanted him to complete his career at Michigan.
“Any AD in America would want to have a coach that other people want,” Manuel said earlier this spring, according to 247Sports. “I’ve had the opposite problem. I love this problem more than I love the opposite problem. We’ll deal with it, we’ll work through it. I want Dusty [May] to finish his career here at Michigan.”
After leading the Wolverines to a 37-3 record and their first national championship since 1989 with their 69-63 win over UConn, May is in line for a significant raise, having earned $4.6 million, not including performance bonuses, this past season.
May’s original deal with the school was set to expire following the 2030 season.
“I don’t know exactly where it [ranks],” Manuel said of May’s new contract. “Everybody is trying to shuffle around. One day it’s something, and the next day somebody else has a different deal. He’s happy and I’m happy. How about that?”
May has been at the helm of the Wolverines for the past two seasons, leading the team to a 64-13 record, a rapid turnaround for a program that went 8-24 the year before his arrival.
Prior to signing his extension, May was rumored to be a potential target at North Carolina, which hired former Nuggets coach Michael Malone on Tuesday after firing Hubert Davis.
May’s deal also comes after Michigan retained star point guard Elliot Cadeau for his senior season, along with picking up former Tennessee big man J.P. Estrella from the transfer portal earlier this week.