The first coaching staff under new University of Michigan basketball head coach Dusty May is nearly complete.
Drew Williamson and Kyle Church, who were assistant coaches under Maye at Florida Atlantic, were both named to the UM staff roster on Monday. Both were listed as “assistant men's basketball coaches.”
Williamson joined the Owls' coaching staff in 2021 and led FAU to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and a Final Four appearance in 2022-23. This came after eight years as an assistant at Virginia State University, where he was eventually promoted to associate head coach.
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Williamson, who was named one of the nation's top NCAA Division II assistant coaches by the Minority Coaches Association in October 2020, began his coaching career at his alma mater, Old Dominion.
He played at ODU from 2003 to 2007, leading the Monarchs to two March Madness appearances and an NIT appearance, making consecutive starts (130), second in steals (215), and seventh in career assists (555). ) still holds program records. Final Four.
“He's one of the best leaders I've ever met,” Williamson said of Maye in a video last year. “His approach to everyone else on a daily basis puts everyone else before himself and the way he serves us is incredible. What we are most grateful for is: It's about how much trust he has in each of us: coaches, managers, players.
“We believe in him, so we have to emulate that and be in sync with what he’s doing.”
Meanwhile, Church joined the Owls' program in April 2018. He and Maye worked together for five seasons prior to their time in Boca Raton, with Church serving as director of basketball operations at Louisiana Tech University and Florida Tech University, and Maye serving as an assistant on those staffs.
The two will join two other Michigan State assistants currently on staff. Former Georgia assistant Hakeem Miskudeen was the first hired for the May term. Although he is not yet listed on the staff roster, a source familiar with the situation confirmed Misku Dean's hiring to the Free Press on April 4, and his social media bio already indicates that he is on the UM basketball coaching staff. listed as an assistant.
He will be flanked by longtime St. Mary's coach Justin Joyner, who May confirmed will be coming to Ann Arbor a week after hiring Miscuden. Joyner, 36, joins the program as associate head coach after a seven-year career at SMC, including the past two seasons holding that title under Randy Bennett.
The final spot on the coaching staff belongs to former Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton Jr. Mike Boynton Jr., the Cowboys' coach for the past seven years, has been in talks with the Wolverines for several weeks, and officials confirmed he has not been officially added to the roster. Hiring is coming soon. Needless to say, he also changed his social media profiles.
Boynton posted just before the weekend, “The time has come. Here we are. We…move forward and up.” #goblue” and changed his profile picture to Block M.
Boynton spent his playing days at the University of South Carolina (2001-2004) and coached for 10 years at Furman, Coastal Carolina, Wofford, South Carolina and Stephen F. Austin before transferring to Stillwater in 2016. .
Known as one of the top recruiters in the game, Boynton acquired the future No. 1 overall pick and current Detroit Pistons point guard Cade Cunningham, making the Cowboys' only He contributed to winning the tournament (2021). Oklahoma State was also in the top 10 in 247Sports' composite rankings last season, with top 50 players in four-star forward Eric Daley Jr. and four-star center Brandon Garrison, but OSU was in the top 12. The wheels came off when I got to the top. -20 overall and just 4-14 in the Big 12.
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OSU won 119-109 under his guidance.