Dusty May’s first Mavericks staff is now complete, and Dallas has mixed together experience, fresh faces and a few familiar ties as it gets ready for the 2026-27 season.
The team announced Wednesday that Willie Green, Garrett Temple, Joe Boylan, Drew Williamson, Mody Maor, Rob Fodor and Sam Hershberger will join May’s bench. May arrives in Dallas after two seasons at the University of Michigan, where he won a national championship last season, and the Mavericks used their first-round pick the day after hiring him on former Michigan forward Morez Johnson Jr.
Green will be the top assistant, bringing NBA head coaching experience with him after four seasons leading the New Orleans Pelicans. That run included two playoff appearances. Dallas also leaned on that kind of background last season, when Jason Kidd had veteran head coach Frank Vogel as his top assistant.
Temple is taking a different path. After 18 years as a player, the former undrafted wing is beginning his NBA coaching career. He spent the last three seasons with the Toronto Raptors after playing under Green in New Orleans before announcing his retirement and move into coaching.
Boylan, who previously worked as an assistant with the Memphis Grizzlies, already has a look at the Mavericks’ newest rookies. He coached Dallas’ Summer League team in Las Vegas a couple of months ago, giving him an early read on Johnson and fellow first-round pick Sergio De Larrea.
Williamson also comes in with built-in familiarity. He spent the last two seasons as an assistant under May at Michigan, where the Wolverines went 37-3 last season and produced three NBA lottery picks in the 2026 NBA Draft: Johnson at No.
9, Yaxel Lendeborg at No. 11 and Aday Mara at No. 12.
Williamson’s connection with May goes back even further, to their time together at Florida Atlantic from 2021-24.
Maor is another first-timer in the NBA. Like May, he is stepping into his first league job after guiding Nagasaki Velca to a B.League championship in Japan this past season.
Fodor arrives with a long track record in player development, especially shooting. He has more than two decades of experience with the Miami Heat organization, and the top seven seasons in 3-point shooting in Heat history came under his leadership.
Hershberger most recently served as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Charge, the Cavaliers’ G-League affiliate. He also worked with May at the University of Florida as a graduate assistant.
Dallas also named Nate Mitchell as head coach of the G-League’s Texas Legends for this season. Mitchell has NBA experience with the Charlotte Hornets, Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks, and he has also been on the staff of the Canadian national team.
On the development side, the Mavericks are bringing back Tyson Chandler and Quincy Acy in similar roles. Chandler, the starting center on Dallas’ 2011 NBA championship team, has stayed close to the organization as a skills trainer and has worked especially closely with Dereck Lively II in recent years. Acy, who played 10 NBA seasons before beginning his coaching career at Wichita State, was with the Texas Legends before joining the Mavericks full time ahead of last season.
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