Michigan lost its coach to the NBA, and the NBA is where Michigan found his replacement.

According to report from Stadium college basketball insider Jeff Goodman, Juwan Howard has accepted an offer to become Michigan’s head men’s basketball coach on Wednesday afternoon.

Goodman reported Howard had agreed to a five-year contract.

Howard, 46, has spent the past six seasons as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat. John Beilein, the program’s all-time winningest coach, took the Cleveland Cavaliers head coaching job on May 13.

Howard, a Michigan alum, was a key member of the “Fab Five” recruiting class. He averaged 15.3 points and 7.5 rebounds for his career, helping Michigan reach consecutive Final Fours in 1992 and 1993. He left after his junior season and was the fifth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, embarking on a 19-year NBA career.

Howard becomes the 17th coach in the program’s 103-year history. Beilein was hired in 2007 and spent 12 seasons in Ann Arbor, posting a 278-150 record, before jumping to the pros.