5/24/2019 basketball Edit

How Have Past Michigan Coaches Fared In Their First Season On The Job?

Austin Fox • Maize&BlueReview

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Juwan Howard's NBA career lasted from 1994-2013, and he has been an assistant with the Heat ever since. (AP Images)

Juwan Howard has officially taken over for John Beilein as the new head coach of the Michigan basketball team, and opinions for what the expectations should be in his first year on the job have varied immensely.

It is always difficult to predict how any team (in any sport) will perform following a coaching change, and the 2019-20 Wolverines will be no exception.

Howard will have talent and experience to work with (senior point guard Zavier Simpson, senior center Jon Teske, junior forward Isaiah Livers, etc.) next year, but the fact that he has never been a head coach has tempered some fans' expectations.

Throughout U-M's history, the track records for first-year head coaches has produced mixed results, with some enjoying outstanding success (a 23-8 record and second round NCAA Tournament appearance for Steve Fisher in 1989-90, for example), while others haven't been so fortunate (John Beilein went 10-22 in 2007-08, the most losses of any season in school history).

How Each Michigan Coach has Performed During his First Year on the job

First Season	Coach	Record	Winning Percentage	Postseason
1908-09	George D. Corneal	1-4	.200	None
1917-18	Elmer Mitchell	6-12	.333	None
1919-20	E.J. Mather	10-13	.435	None
1928-29	George Veenker	13-3	.813	None
1931-32	Frank Cappon	11-6	.647	None
1938-39	Bennie Oosterbaan	11-9	.550	None
1946-47	Osborne Cowles	12-8	.600	None
1948-49	Ernest McCoy	15-6	.714	None
1952-53	William Perigo	6-16	.273	None
1960-61	Dave Strack	6-18	.250	None
1968-69	Johnny Orr	13-11	.542	None
1980-81	Bill Frieder	19-11	.633	NIT Quarterfinal
1989-90	Steve Fisher*	23-8	.742	Second Round of the NCAA Tournament
1997-98	Brian Ellerbe	25-9	.735	Second Round of the NCAA Tournament
2001-02	Tommy Amaker	11-18	.379	None
2007-08	John Beilein	10-22	.313	None
2019-20	Juwan Howard	?	?	?

* — The 1989-90 campaign was Steve Fisher's first full campaign as the head coach at Michigan, though he did serve as the interim during U-M's run to the 1989 National Title.

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