Juwan Howard and Michigan Strength and Conditioning Coach Jon Sanderson apparently got into an altercation during a Michigan practice last week, Brendan Quinn reports:
Regarding various reports of Juwan Howard’s status at Michigan …. pic.twitter.com/ZeiuZDKgMU
— Brendan Quinn (@BFQuinn) December 11, 2023
Howard, who is recovering from a heart surgery, has been moved to an assistant coach role while Phil Martelli takes reigns of headman during his absence.
It was a verbal altercation between Howard and Sanderson:
M&BR can confirm through multiple sources that a physical altercation between Juwan Howard and an assistant DID NOT happen on Friday.
We CAN confirm that a verbal altercation took place that DID NOT get physical.
More on what we're hearing here: https://t.co/HbWm0cElTC
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) December 11, 2023
Michigan beat Iowa last night 90-80 where Howard was on the bench.
.@JuwanHoward did not & is not stepping down as HC. He is enthusiastically hoping to return Dec 16th. Juwan is literally recovering from OPEN HEART SURGERY done Sept 15th. HAIL!!!!!
— Jalen Rose (@JalenRose) December 11, 2023