Juwan Howard drawing criticism after Michigan drops road contest at Maryland

Juwan Howard was the target of Michigan fans on Thursday evening after the Wolverines fell to Maryland 64-58 in College Park.

The Wolverines are now 10-8, with a 4-3 mark in the B1G. They have now dropped 3 of their last 4. In Howard’s 1st season, Michigan was 19-12 and 10-10 in B1G play before the COVID-19 pandemic shut things down. In his 2nd season, it made it to the Elite 8 on the back of a B1G regular season title and came up just short of its 1st Final Four appearance since 2018.

While the Wolverines did make the Sweet 16 the next season, Howard was suspended 5 games for his part in an altercation following a contest against Wisconsin in Feb. 2022. This season, barring a turnaround, they could miss the tournament altogether, something that hasn’t happened since 2015 (not counting the tournament’s cancellation in 2020).

And Howard continues to draw the ire of Wolverines fans following the team’s disappointing campaign. Here’s some of what was said during and after the loss to the Terrapins:

Juwan Howard cant recruit. He has only had success with players recruited by coach B

— National Cha〽️ps (@MichiganRunsFB) January 20, 2023

Juwan Howard is now 29-23 in his last 52 games as head coach.

Michigan is 0-7 now in Quad-1 games this season.

At a program like Michigan, making the NCAA Tournament should be a given and a bare minimum expectation. Do people know how hard it is to MISS the tournament? https://t.co/RY4ExFWLSK

— Chris(to🅿️her) Larsen 🙈 🙉 🙊 (@ESPNChrisLarsen) January 20, 2023

Mich v notre dame > watching a juwan Howard coached basketball team pic.twitter.com/B67Bfz7oZq

— Thatmichiganfan (@Datmichiganfan) January 20, 2023

Hey @JuwanHoward @umichbball – y’all care to beat a quad 1 team once in your career? You sucked last year and we’re worse this year. WTF is going on? Dickenson is worse and out of shape, not a soul can defend, and we’re back to the NIT.

— TMay34 (@TMay_34) January 20, 2023

This Michigan basketball team could honestly be one of the worst coached the program has seen in over 50 years. Juwan Howard has been an absolute abomination this season. If Warde Manuel had a pulse, he'd be flipping through the rolodex.

— Sym (@symmering) January 20, 2023

https://twitter.com/Rlblack1Rob/status/1616255693908058113

Hate to say, but Juwan Howard has to be on the hot seat or very close. Michigan has been on a steady decline since John Beilein left.

— Dr. Karlos L. Marshall (@KarlosLMarshall) January 20, 2023

https://twitter.com/jdkahan09/status/1616254569595703297

Juwan Howard will not last much longer

— Sean Koski (@S_Koski9) January 20, 2023

I will say it again. Juwan Howard is a terrible coach @umichbball. There is absolutely no offense creativity

— Whopper King (@TheWhopperKing) January 20, 2023

@JuwanHoward @umichbball is hard to watch. So much talent. Ridiculous NBA ISO style offense with no passing or set up and a very NBA lazy defense. Don’t get me started how no one on the team has a decent free throw percentage.

— itsbaseballseason (@Edhayward5) January 20, 2023