Mike Boynton Jr.: Michigan makes him head basketball coach
ANN ARBOR. University of Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel named Mike Boynton Jr. the school's new men's basketball head coach on a two-year deal, announced Friday. Boynton, 42, replaces Dusty May and takes over a team that just finished 37-3 and won the national championship.
Boynton spent the past two seasons as a Michigan assistant and defensive coordinator, a stretch in which the Wolverines went 64-13, won the 2025 Big Ten Tournament and the 2026 regular season title, and led the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency. Before that, he was head coach at Oklahoma State for seven seasons, finishing 119-109. Four Michigan players were taken in the first round of the NBA draft during his tenure, three of them lottery picks this year: Morez Johnson Jr., Yaxel Lendeborg and Aday Mara.
The defensive coordinator now runs the whole show.
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