ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is promoting Mike Boynton to interim basketball coach to replace Dusty May, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced.
May and the Dallas Mavericks are finalizing a contract for him to make the jump to the NBA, another person with knowledge of the deal told the AP. That person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal wasn’t completed.
The Wolverines were suddenly searching for a coach with big sneakers to fill and didn't take much time to make a move.
Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel chose to give the former Oklahoma State coach another chance to lead a program, hoping the continuity would help convince players on the roster to stay.
Boynton recruited Cade Cunningham to play for Cowboys in 2020 even though they were facing NCAA penalties from rule violations under a former assistant coach. Two years ago, Boynton was fired with a 119-109 record over seven seasons.
May said during the NCAA Tournament that his top assistant should get another shot to lead a team.
“He’s an elite basketball coach,” May said in April. “He did a really good job at Oklahoma State, especially considering the circumstances.
AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds in Miami and AP Sports Writer Schuyler Dixon in Dallas contributed to this report.
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FILE - Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton watches from the bench during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa State, Jan. 13, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
FILE - Michigan head coach Dusty May talks with the media following their a win over Michigan State after an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel, file)
FILE - Michigan head coach Dusty May celebrates after defeating UConn in the NCAA college basketball tournament national championship game at the Final Four, April 7, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces detained hundreds of people, including foreigners, on the country’s border with Sudan, accusing them of illegal gold mining and smuggling, the military said Monday.
Egypt’s southern region is rich with gold mines and the government has launched big mining projects there including the Sukari megaproject.
The military statement said the detainees included 87 Egyptians and 136 other foreigners, without naming their countries. The operation included the seizure of “large amounts of equipment and devices used in illegal mining operations,” the military statement said.
The region borders Sudan, which is also rich with gold mines, and with the chaos of Sudan’s three-year war, much of the mining there is unregulated. More than 50% of gold mined in Sudan was smuggled out of the country, according to a U.N. Panel of Experts Report in 2024. Gold accounts for 70% of the country's revenue.
Video clips posted online showed hundreds of Sudanese people at a border crossing between Egypt and Sudan, with Sudanese media reporting they were miners detained and expelled by the Egyptian government.
Sudan’s top general, Abdel-Fattah Burhan, was in gold-rich northeastern Sudan on Monday. He said in a statement that the government “affirms our full appreciation and respect for our neighboring countries (to the north and east), and we call upon our citizens to not move towards the borders to incite any problems.”
He also added the the government was working to combat illegal smuggling and mining and would investigate.
Gold has been a central part of the war in Sudan between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces who have smuggled out thousands of tons of gold from the Darfur and Kordofan regions to fund themselves.
The Egyptian military said a number of suspected gold miners surrendered to Egyptian authorities who were later sent them back to their home country. It didn’t elaborate on the nationalities of those who were detained or expelled.
The Egyptian military also warned that “it retains all available options to deal with all threats.”
FILE - A pan containing gold-bearing sediment and heavy mineral concentrate sits at an artisanal mining site in Dalago Mahas, Sudan's Northern State,Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohnd Blal, File)
