Howard AP COY
What a major accomplishment! Congratulations Coach!
Well deserved. ?
Excited to match this coaching excellence with the current and influx of talent. Explosive combination!
Well deserved!
"Coach Howard does an elite job," UCLA coach Mick Cronin said before his team beat Michigan in the Elite Eight. "He doesn't do a good job. He does an elite job. When your team is as organized as they are on both ends and plays as physical and tough as they do, that is a reflection of their coach."
His contemporaries seem to concur.
Other Coaches, his players, and the press love him! Very well deserved.
Congrats Coach Howard!
AO and AP COY?
I coached his daughter's basketball team for 5 years. All he ever said was "Great job." Better person than he is a coach. Well deserved. Future is quite bright.
That's very courteous of him, as we would all expect. But I also suspect it means that you were doing an actual great job. He doesn't strike me as the kind of man who would let his daughter's basketball development suffer under five years of less than excellent coaching. Well done!
Agreed. He'd say thanks and show respect either way. But if he said "Great job" then he probably meant it.
Well deserved. Congrats, coach!
Congrats Coach.....
way to silence the doubters!
GO BLUE
#Michiganman
I bet he is happy also, Congrats Coach!
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I am sure glad he didn't trip on that cord. How the world could have been different.
What a great award for Phil Martelli to get near the end of his career
/ducks
#RCMB'd!
Phil Martelli is one of the underrated reasons I'm very disappointed about Michigan squandering an opportunity to make the Final Four.
He never made the Final Four as HC. I'm hoping he'll experience that joy as an assistant under Coach Howard.
Actually Martelli has already won the award by himself.
Well deserved.
Michigan basketball is in such good hands. Congratulations, coach.
Well deserved in so many ways. Thanks, coach.
Well deserved!
Don't want to create a new thread but update on some of the MBB signees on ESPN U today.
Caleb Houstan on with Montverde right now -- like his defense and almost too unselfish on offense. 10 points in first half.
Diabate was on earlier for IMG - did not see it but Matt at Endless Motor tweeted out some highlights. (Which I have tried unsuccessfully to embed) featuring athleticism at the rim, good defense, and a nice 15-foot jumper.
Also for Montverde -- Jalen Duren (2022 Center - recent CB to M) is clearly the #1 player in the class over Bates. I doubt either set foot on a college court.
Awesome.
Happy to see it. Congrats to Coach Howard.
Big Nook!
Congrats Coach Howard!
AP COY in year 2? Let's revisit some of that post-hire negativity and collectively chuckle.
Congrats Coach Howard! I'm sure he wants to field a better team next year. The future is bright!
This should be a posbang
I suspect it would've been if we had made the Final Four.
The rough end to the E8 game has colored someone people's perspective right now.
I'd feel a bit bad about it, but after watching Gonzaga dominate USC, I wasn't feeling confident we'd get over that hump. Still happy to have exceeded expectations.
Well deserved! Congratulations Coach Howard!
Juwan scared Roy Williams into retirement. Izzo and Coach K in a year or few. Juwan for all the crowns.
That is awesome. So proud of coach Howard, and so happy to see his success recognized.
That's real shit!
^^^^
This should be a t-shirt with Juwan's picture on it.
Congrats to Coach Howard ?.
Go Blue!!
John Beilein was my favorite coach at Michigan ever in any sport. To think that he could suddenly depart and be replaced by a coach who has a great chance to be even better is mind-boggling. Juwan has passed every test with flying maize and blue colors.
I keep thinking how frustrating it was when Tressel flamed out at OSU, only for Urban Meyer to fall into their lap. This could be our analog to that, minus the sleazy scandal part and plus the tremendously high character of both the departing coach and his replacement. Optimism doesn't come easily to Michigan fans these days, but how can you not be optimistic about Juwan and the basketball program? He is the antidote to BPONE.