Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Detroit Mercy's hiring of basketball coach Mike Davis not a done deal

DETROIT, Michigan -- Texas Southern's Mike Davis isn’t the new head basketball coach at the Detroit Mercy.

Not yet, at least.

Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told the Free Press on Wednesday the hire has not been made official, despite a news release by Texas Southern University saying Davis was leaving the program and the university's athletic director telling local media the former Indiana coach was taking the job at UDM.

Detroit Mercy athletic director Robert Vowels said in a text message to the Free Press that reports of Davis being hired were "erroneous" and he hadn’t yet named a coach. Vowels wouldn’t address whether Davis had been in for an interview, though two sources familiar with the situation said Davis was in Detroit on Monday.

A source familiar with Davis' thinking told the Free Press that media reports of him taking the job were premature. Texas Southern's board of regents are in the process of trying to keep Davis on campus with a better financial package, the source said.

The source also said Davis will likely leave the program and take the job at UDM if he doesn't receive the compensation he's looking for. If TSU comes up with the money, he's likely to stay.

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