{"id":567011,"date":"2026-04-06T01:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/567011\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:48:09","slug":"dusty-may-tells-michigan-he-will-not-pursue-unc-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/567011\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusty May Tells Michigan He Will Not Pursue UNC Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/dusty-may-134628\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dusty May<\/a> will not be North Carolina\u2019s next head coach. The Michigan head coach told university officials Sunday that he will not be pursuing any other college basketball jobs, as first reported by ESPN. <\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/north-carolina-tar-heels\/join\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FLASH SALE:\u00a0Start your Inside Carolina subscription for 75% off!<\/a>\u00a0&lt;&lt;&lt;<\/p>\n<p>With May declining UNC\u2019s interest, the Tar Heel coaching search marches on.<\/p>\n<p>Following Michigan\u2019s 91-73 win over Arizona on Saturday night, the Wolverines will look to capture the program\u2019s second national title when they face the second-seeded UConn Huskies on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI decided last year, when my alma mater (Indiana) came open, that no matter what you said it was going to, it could be misinterpreted,\u201d May said Thursday. \u201cAnd so I\u2019m forever going to not comment on any job that\u2019s not mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly happy and honored and blessed to be the coach at Michigan in the Final Four, representing this amazing university and athletic department,\u201d May added. \u201cBut I\u2019ll never comment on a job that\u2019s not mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bloomington, (Ind.) native is now one win away from capping his second season in Ann Arbor with a national title. Through two seasons, May has compiled a 62-13 record at Michigan. In his first year, the Wolverines earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament before being eliminated in the Sweet 16.<\/p>\n<p>2026 marks May\u2019s second Final Four appearance in the last four seasons, after leading No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic to the Final Four in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>May signed a multi-year extension with Michigan in 2025, and his buyout is reported at $7 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With North Carolina striking out on two top tier candidates in May and Arizona\u2019s Tommy Lloyd, the Tar Heels will now shift their focus to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/north-carolina-tar-heels\/news\/carolina-basketball-coaching-search-hot-board-unc-tar-heels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">other options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA transfer portal opens on April 7 \u2014 the day after Monday\u2019s national championship game \u2014 and will remain open until April 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dusty May will not be North Carolina\u2019s next head coach. The Michigan head coach told university officials Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99],"class_list":{"0":"post-567011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}