{"id":837334,"date":"2026-09-17T11:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/837334\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:39:14","slug":"mavericks-officially-announce-changes-under-new-head-coach-dusty-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/837334\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks officially announce changes under new head coach Dusty May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dallas Mavericks<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000025\" data-name=\"Dallas Mavericks\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Dallas Mavericks\"><\/a> have sorted out their coaching staff for the 2026-27 NBA season amid the arrival of new head coach Dusty May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Western Conference team officially announced on Wednesday the composition of May\u2019s support group on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Willie Green, Garrett Temple<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-athlete=\"20000452\" data-name=\"Garrett Temple\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Garrett Temple\"><\/a>, Joe Boylan, Drew Williamson, Mody Maor, Rob Fodor, and Sam Hershberger will serve as assistants under May, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/mavs\/news\/mavericks-announce-coaching-staff-for-2026-2027-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Mavs official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Nate Mitchell will serve the team in a dual capacity as head coach of the Mavericks\u2019 G League affiliate, the Texas Legends, and as an assistant for Dallas as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mavs are the latest team to make the bold move of hiring a college basketball coach with no prior NBA coaching experience. May, however, has a notable winning pedigree, having just steered the Michigan Wolverines to an NCAA Tournament title in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May\u2019s lack of NBA experience highlights the Mavericks\u2019 need for a strong staff to help the 49-year-old former Big Ten Coach of the Year Award winner find his footing in the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May is taking over the head coaching role left by Jason Kidd, whom <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/basketball\/dallas-mavericks-part-ways-jason-kidd-head-coach\/754941\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas fired in May<\/a>. It was one of the first major moves made by new team president Masai Ujiri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May will make his NBA coaching debut on Oct. 9, when the Mavericks and the Houston Rockets<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000022\" data-name=\"Houston Rockets\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Houston Rockets\"><\/a> square off at the Venetian Arena in Macao, China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks have sorted out their coaching staff for the 2026-27 NBA season amid the arrival of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,9854,166,6],"class_list":["post-837334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-basketball","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-dusty-may","tag-mavericks","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117286191969903708","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}