Juwan Howard

Juwan Howard
	Howard as head coach of Michigan in 2020
Brooklyn Nets
Title	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	February 7, 1973; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	Chicago Vocational
College	Michigan (1991–1994)
NBA draft	1994: 1st round, 5th overall pick
Drafted by	Washington Bullets
Playing career	1994–2013
Position	Power forward / small forward
Number	5, 7, 55, 6
Coaching career	2013–present
Career history
Playing
1994–2001	Washington Bullets / Wizards
2001–2002	Dallas Mavericks
2002–2003	Denver Nuggets
2003–2004	Orlando Magic
2004–2007	Houston Rockets
2007–2008	Dallas Mavericks
2008	Denver Nuggets
2008–2009	Charlotte Bobcats
2009–2010	Portland Trail Blazers
2010–2013	Miami Heat
Coaching
2013–2019	Miami Heat (assistant)
2019–2024	Michigan
2024–present	Brooklyn Nets (assistant)
Career highlights
	As player: 2× NBA champion (2012, 2013); NBA All-Star (1996); All-NBA Third Team (1996); NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1995); Second-team All-American – NABC (1994); Third-team All-American – AP (1994); First-team Parade All-American (1991); McDonald's All-American (1991); As coach: AP Coach of the Year (2021); Sporting News Coach of the Year (2021); Big Ten regular season champion (2021); Henry Iba Award (2021); Big Ten Coach of the Year (2021);
Career statistics
Points	16,159 (13.4 ppg)
Rebounds	7,428 (6.1 rpg)
Assists	2,663 (2.2 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Juwan Antonio Howard (/dʒuːˈwɑːn/ joo-WAWN; born February 7, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Howard was a collegiate All-American, had a 19-year NBA career with eight different teams (including All-Star and All-NBA nods and two NBA championships), and served as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.

Howard was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he was a high school All-American center and an honors student at Chicago Vocational Career Academy. He gained national prominence after signing with the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team as part of its Fab Five recruiting class of 1991 (including fellow future NBA stars Jalen Rose and Chris Webber), and reached the finals of the NCAA tournament in both 1992 and 1993. Although many of the Fab Five's accomplishments of the 1990s were vacated due to NCAA rules violations, Howard was not personally implicated in the scandal and his individual accomplishments, including as a 1993–94 NCAA All-American, continue to be recognized.

He began his NBA career as the fifth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, selected by the Washington Bullets, and played in Washington for the first seven seasons of a 19-season journeyman career. His longest stints after Washington were three seasons each with the Houston Rockets (2004–2007) and the Miami Heat (2010–2013). Howard was a one-time All-Star and one-time All-NBA power forward. He made three NBA Finals appearances and won two NBA titles, all with the Heatles-era Miami Heat, while serving as a veteran role player in his final three NBA seasons.

After retiring as a player in 2013, he remained with the Heat organization as an assistant coach for the next six seasons, before accepting the head coaching position at his alma mater, Michigan, in 2019. Howard earned numerous awards for his performance as a coach in the 2020–21 season, including AP National Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year. Howard also became the first coach to earn a No.1 seed as both a player and coach, after the Wolverines secured a No. 1 seed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Howard coached his son, Jett Howard, at Michigan during the 2022-23 season.

Howard was fired by Michigan in 2024, and later joined the assistant coaching staff of the Brooklyn Nets.