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Michigan basketball: Worst head coach hires in program history

By Josh Yourish

Michigan head coach Juwan Howard, center, encourages his team during the first half against Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene Saturday, Dec 2, 2023.
Michigan head coach Juwan Howard, center, encourages his team during the first half against Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene Saturday, Dec 2, 2023. /
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UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA – FEBRUARY 08: The Michigan Wolverines logo on a pair of shorts during a college basketball game against the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Bryce Joyce Center on February 8, 2022 in University Park, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***
UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA – FEBRUARY 08: The Michigan Wolverines logo on a pair of shorts during a college basketball game against the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Bryce Joyce Center on February 8, 2022 in University Park, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** /

Bill Perigo is best known as a high school coach and a friend of John Wooden’s. That’s not good considering he coached the Michigan basketball program from 1952-60. In his eight years, Michigan was unremarkable, and the program had yet to achieve much up to that point.

During his tenure, Perigo led Michigan to a 78-100 record with a 38-78 record in conference play. His best season was 1958-59 when the team went 15-7, but he followed up that year with a 4-20 year before resigning as head coach in 1960. It was the first of two 20-loss seasons in Michigan history.

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