{"id":119715,"date":"2026-05-04T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/magic-show-interest-in-championship-coach-talkbasket-net\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T00:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:28:00","slug":"magic-show-interest-in-championship-coach-talkbasket-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/magic-show-interest-in-championship-coach-talkbasket-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic show interest in championship coach &#8211; TalkBasket.net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Peter Baba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Orlando Magic are said to hold Dusty May in high regard, according to Marc Stein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeague sources say that the Magic are admirers of Michigan\u2019s Dusty May and would have a level of interest if he were indeed available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must be noted that the expectation at this point in the college game is that May will stay with the Wolverines after they beat UConn for the national championship. Does May, however, indeed have NBA aspirations?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>May gained national attention while leading the Florida Atlantic Owls men\u2019s basketball, guiding them to a surprising Final Four run in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>That breakthrough put him on the radar as one of the top up-and-coming coaches in college basketball.<\/p>\n<p>May later became the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men\u2019s basketball, where he continued to build his reputation, including leading the program to a national championship.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming a head coach, May spent years as an assistant, including time under Bob Knight, which helped shape his coaching philosophy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Orlando Magic are reportedly fans of Dusty May, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteinLine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TheSteinLine<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeague sources say that the Magic are admirers of Michigan&#8217;s Dusty May and would have a level of interest if he were indeed available. It must be noted that the expectation at this point in the college game\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vc9w1GVhET\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Vc9w1GVhET<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/2051081667180155032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkbasket.net\/217604-magic-show-interest-in-championship-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Peter Baba The Orlando Magic are said to hold Dusty May in high regard, according to Marc Stein. \u201cLeague sources say that the Magic are admirers of Michigan\u2019s Dusty May and would have a level of interest if he were indeed available. \u201cIt must be noted that the expectation at this point in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}