The Pistons said Beilein will work closely with the team’s coaching staff and development coaches to “analyze, implement and execute player skill development programs.”

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Thursday was an emotional day inside the Crisler Center as former Fab Five great Juwan Howard was welcomed back as the new head coach of the Michigan basketball team. Michigan degree"This is the second biggest accomplishment in life for me -- to be the head basketball coach for the University of Michigan. Cole was committed to the University of Michigan thinking that coach (John) Beilein was going to be his head coach. I look forward, and right now I am the University of Michigan head basketball coach, and I'm committed to this program. "It was unfair at the moment that, at the time, I'm preparing for the Minnesota Timberwolves interview, and in the back of my mind, all I kept thinking about was Michigan, Michigan, Michigan."