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NY Post
New York Post
13 Dec 2023


NextImg:New details emerge from heated Juwan Howard incident centered around his son Jace

More details are starting to trickle out about the alleged confrontation between Michigan head coach Juwan Howard and the program’s strength and conditioning coach, Jon Sanderson.

The Athletic reported Wednesday that Sanderson filed an HR complaint against Howard stemming from the incident last week, and that the issue began over an apparent disagreement between a team trainer and Howard’s son Jace, a 22-year-old senior guard on the team who has missed this whole season so far with leg injuries.

Jace Howard was reportedly questioning why the team has not cleared him to play yet as he recovers from a stress fracture in his knee and tibia.

The outlet reported that Sanderson became involved with this disagreement, and ultimately “exchanged words” with Juwan Howard.

Juwan Howard and his son, Jace, in a game last November. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The report said that “no punches were thrown, but things became heated to the point where the two were separated.”

Complicating the matter, Juwan Howard is under a “zero-tolerance policy” from Michigan’s HR department after he took a swing at Wisconsin assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft in a postgame altercation in 2022.

“I could talk about the timeout,” Howard said after the incident with the Badgers. “We could discuss the pull on the arm. We can talk about the words that were exchanged with coaches. But all that will be excuses. The main thing is that was not the right way how I should carry myself as a head coach at the University of Michigan. I was truly upset with myself.”

Michigan basketball strength and conditioning coach Jon Sanderson (left) was involved in a dispute with Juwan Howard.

Michigan basketball strength and conditioning coach Jon Sanderson (left) was involved in a dispute with Juwan Howard. CameraSport via Getty Images

Howard, a two-time NBA champion, vowed to work on self-improvement.

“I want to be a better person. I want to be a better coach,” Howard continued. “I feel that was the right thing to do to help improve as a person. I got a chance to really evaluate and see what areas I can improve on. And that is not just because of now, but that’s going to be for the future as well because I enjoy being here and I enjoy being a leader this program.”

Sanderson has been a part of Michigan’s program for 15 years, and he is also on the staff of the men’s and women’s golf teams.