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A person with knowledge of the agreement said on Friday that the former head coach of Michigan basketball has decided to become an assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets.
The news was initially reported by ESPN.
Howard spent the previous five years at Michigan after serving as an assistant for the Miami Heat from 2013 to 2019.
After an 8-24 season with the Wolverines, which included a 3-17 record in the Big Ten Conference, he was fired on March 15.
An iconic figure at Michigan, Howard starred as one of the Fab Five and went on to play 19 seasons in the NBA. Michigan hired Howard in 2019 after John Beilein left to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers, and under Howard, the Wolverines achieved immediate success, including a Big Ten championship and a trip to the Elite Eight in his second season.
However, after missing the NCAA Tournament last season, the Wolverines collapsed to last place in the Big Ten this year, losing 14 of their final 15 games.
Now Howard is expected to join recently hired Nets coach Jordi Fernández and his first staff. Brooklyn finished 32-50, 11th in the Eastern Conference, this past season.
Fernández, a former Sacramento Kings associate head coach, was officially named the Nets’ coach on Monday after the team parted ways with Jacque Vaughn on Feb. 19.
