As Michigan basketball fans wait for the announcement that Juwan Howard will be the next head coach, more reports are coming in that it’s a done deal and it’s now almost a certainty that the job is going to the former member of the Fab Five.
The search was rumored to have included Texas head coach Shaka Smart, Providence head coach Ed Cooley, Texas Tech’s Chris Beard, Butler’s LaVall Ball, NBA coaches Billy Donovan and Brad Stevens, as well as Michigan basketball assistants Luke Yaklich and Saddi Washington.
Eventually, the list was shortened as Donovan and Stevens turned down the gig along with Beard.