“That was the best workout I’ve ever seen a quarterback during a pro day,” Harbaugh told reporters. “The best throwing day I’ve ever seen. To hear coaches and GM’s come to me, ‘Great job with JJ.’ Like I predicted. It was absolutely no surprise whatsoever.
Some may argue that May only picked Michigan because the Hoosiers decided to stay the course with Mike Woodson and the Buckeyes promoted interim Jake Diebler, but none of that matters, now. What shelling out for a coach like May signals is that Michigan is serious and again, not just about football.
The Michigan basketball program has a rich history of its own, even including a recent run with John Beilein. However, it doesn’t have close to the prestige as Michigan football. The Wolverines’ own the winning-est football program in history and while the fans were hungry for another modern national title, Jim Harbaugh delivered that in January before bolting to the NFL. Michigan basketball will never be what the football brand is, but hiring May shows a clear desire to get as close as possible.
The Michigan basketball program does have a 1989 national championship and will forever be connected to the “Fab Five” era that revolutionized college basketball, but hiring May wasn’t done to further a cultural movement – it was done to win games. May compiled a 126-69 record over six seasons at FAU. Michigan the same time frame May was building a program in Florida, Michigan was slowly fading into obscurity.
For as fondly as Juwan Howard’s time as a player at Michigan is remembered, his tenure as coach is one fans want to forget. Michigan athletic director
The Michigan basketball program does have a 1989 national championship and will forever be connected to the “Fab Five” era that revolutionized college basketball, but hiring May wasn’t done to further a cultural movement – it was done to win games. May compiled a 126-69 record over six seasons at FAU. During the same time frame May was building a program in Florida, Michigan was slowly fading into obscurity.
For as fondly as Juwan Howard’s time as a player at Michigan is remembered, his tenure as coach is one fans want to forget. Michigan athletic director Warde Manual called Howard “one of the greatest Wolverines to ever be associated with our basketball program” i
called Howard “one of the greatest Wolverines to ever be associated with our basketball program” in
