The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball program is a college basketball team that represents the University of Michigan. The team plays at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). They compete in the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, where they have been since 1917. They play their home games at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, named after Fritz Crisler, a former head football coach at Michigan (1938âÂÂ1947).
The men's team has had 18 head coaches in its history. The team has played in over 2,800 games over 110 seasons of collegiate play from the 1908âÂÂ09 season to the present (excluding 1910 to 1917, when the Wolverines did not play due to low attendance).
Steve Fisher is the first and only head coach to have led the team to an NCAA Tournament championship, doing so in 1989. He also led the team to six other NCAA Tournament appearances, including two runner-up finishes in 1992 and 1993, but the '92 and '93 Final Fours were later vacated as punishment for the Ed Martin scandal. Before Fisher, Bill Frieder had led the team to four consecutive tournament appearances. Nine coaches have led the team to Big Ten regular season championships: E. J. Mather, George Veenker, Ozzie Cowles, Dave Strack, Johnny Orr, Frieder, John Beilein, Juwan Howard, and Dusty May. Three coaches have led the team to a Big Ten tournament championship: Brian Ellerbe, Beilein and May. Beilein is the winningest head coach for the team, leading the team to two Big Ten Regular Season Championships in 2012 and 2014 and two Big Ten tournament Championships in 2017 and 2018. He has also led the team to nine NCAA tournament appearances, including eight times in nine years from 2011âÂÂ19. During these appearances, he led the team to two runner-up finishes in the tournament in 2013 and 2018, two Elite Eight appearances in 2014 and 2018, and three consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearance from 2017âÂÂ19. Juwan Howard led the Wolverines to a 2021 Big Ten Conference Championship and an Elite Eight, as well as MichiganâÂÂs fifth consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2022 (NCAA tournament cancellation in 2020). Dusty May won the 2025 Big Ten tournament championship in his first season and the 2026 Big Ten regular season championship in his second season.
<br> * Vacated by the NCAA
- Michigan had comprised an on-court record of 1656âÂÂ1061 (.610), but records from the 1992 NCAA Tournament Final Four, 1992âÂÂ93, 1995âÂÂ96, 1996âÂÂ97, 1997âÂÂ98 and 1998âÂÂ99 seasons were vacated due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal.