Juwan's record through his first 7 games
Is tied for the best ever from a first year head coach at Michigan.
- George Corneal (1908-09): N/A (5 game season)
- Elmer Mitchell (1917-18): 4-3
- E.J. Mather (1919-20): 5-2
- George Veenker (1928-29): 6-1
- Cappy Cappon (1931-32): 5-2
- Bennie Oosterbaan (1938-39): 6-1
- Ozzie Cowles (1946-47): 6-1
- Ernie McCoy (1948-49): 6-1
- Bill Perigo (1952-53): 3-4
- Dave Strack (1960-61): 2-5
- Johnny Orr (1968-69): 5-2
- Bill Frieder (1980-81): 7-0
- Steve Fisher (1989/1989-90): 6-1
- Voldemort (1997-98): 5-2
- Tommy Amaker (2001-02): 3-4
- John Beilein (2007-08): 3-4
- Juwan Howard (2019-20): 7-0
Bill Frieder got off to a 9-0 start before suffering his first loss.
Michigan is 55-49 all-time in road openers and 1-6 when going against a Top-5 team in road openers. That lone win came back in 1964 at Duke when Cazzie Russell and Bill Buntin were roaming the court.
December 3rd, 2019 at 11:10 PM ^
Call me cynical but I fully expected this to be a full-on snark post. Thanks for the historical context as always WD. Tough night but the future still looks bright.
December 3rd, 2019 at 11:25 PM ^
Nice...Thank you for a positive and informative post
December 3rd, 2019 at 11:41 PM ^
This is a good post
December 4th, 2019 at 8:41 AM ^
He was 7-0.
December 4th, 2019 at 10:54 AM ^
I’ve been impressed with Juwan so far. Still a l out of questions, some won’t get answered for 3-4 yrs (player development, coaching staff changes, etc.), so far he’s exceeded expectations.
last night was a tough spot. The B1G schedule kind of screwed us with the Friday game (which forces the ACC challenge game to Tuesday). If you look at UVA’s schedule last year (with similar 3-game trip to Bahamas) they played at Maryland on Wednesday, and then a cupcake the following Monday at home.
I’m fine with the schedule and loss, I think we can learn a lot and improve, just don’t think it’s a fair ask of the team if the goal is to win every game. Friday is a must-win if we want to win the B1G (not saying that’s the fan expectation)
December 4th, 2019 at 11:28 AM ^
He was 7-0 and his first career loss was a road game vs the #1 team in all the land. He good
December 4th, 2019 at 11:39 AM ^
On a almost 100% unrelated note, anyone going Friday that can send me a Star Wars poster for my son?
December 4th, 2019 at 11:59 AM ^
It's important to remember that Howard has an innate advantage in this comparison. Most first-year coaches are replacing a coach who was fired so the previous year's team was lackluster, whereas Howard came into a good team. I mean, few of us were expecting to be as good as this team appears to be, but he's still advantaged by the team he walked into.
I also try to keep reminding myself of Hoke's first year just so I don't get too ridiculously overboard on the Juwan Howard hype-train. Because, man, if this is his coaching, plus it seems like he's bringing recruiting up a few levels . . .