Report: Dusty May, Michigan expected to hire former Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton to staff
Former Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton is expected to join Dusty May’s staff at Michigan, CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander reported. He was let go as the Cowboys’ head coach last month.
Boynton spent seven years in Stillwater as Oklahoma State’s head coach, amassing a 119-109 overall record during that time. The Cowboys struggled this past year, though, going 12-20 overall and 4-14 in Big 12 play before making a change. OK State ultimately hired Western Kentucky’s Steve Lutz as its next head coach.
Boynton has other high-major options, as well, in light of his departure from Oklahoma State, Norlander said. However, May has “put a high priority on Boynton” as he gets ready for his first season as Michigan head coach.
Oklahoma State was the first head coaching job for Mike Boynton, who made stops at Coastal Carolina, Wofford and his alma mater, Stephen F. Austin before taking over for Brad Underwood at Oklahoma State in 2016.
Michigan announced May as its next head coach March 23 after he built Florida Atlantic into a national name. He totaled a 126-70 record at Florida Atlantic, including a 61-39 conference record between Conference USA and the American Athletic Conference, and took the Owls to the Final Four a season ago.
After that run, May received a 10-year extension from FAU to take his salary to $1.25 million with 5% increases each year. However, after the Owls fell to Northwestern in this year’s tournament, his name became a hot one as the coaching carousel started to spin.
May came up in connection with multiple openings. One of them – Ohio State – filled quickly when the Buckeyes removed the interim tag from Jake Diebler. That left Michigan and Louisville to vie for his services, and the Wolverines ultimately won out, hiring May to replace Juwan Howard.
It’s a job, he said, that was “special” to him and his family.
“As soon as a job comes open, there’s typically a search firm or a middleman that reaches out and just asks your level of interest,” May said on SiriusXM College. “This year, the process was obviously that that place is dear in my heart. But we still had several games to play, our focus was on the season. There were actually several that said, the longer you play, it can have an impact. I’ve always been along the lines of whatever’s supposed to happen’s going to happen, so I said that’s fine, that’s kind of a sign anyway and I loved it where I was.
“I would’ve been perfectly happy if I was passed over for every job and I was still the coach at Florida Atlantic. But this was just one that was special to me and my family from a personal level.”