With over 16 years of experience as a coach and a player, Kevin May joined the first Georgia Gwinnett College men’s soccer staff as assistant coach in early 2012. May is actively engaged in recruiting efforts for the Grizzlies program and assists in game and practice preparation.
He has immediately helped the Grizzlies achieve tremendous success over their first three seasons, with the team posting an overall 42-10-3 record and spending much of that time ranked among the NAIA’s top 25 teams.
May, who was among the first assistant coaches hired by GGC, has been active in helping the Grizzlies to back-to-back A.I.I. crowns. He’s also been integral in the development of 12 All-A.I.I. honorees, 10 NSCAA All-Region recipients and two NAIA All-Americans.
In addition to his duties at GGC, he is a member of the USYSA Olympic Development Program Region III staff as he works with the top players in the southeast to select one of four regional teams in the country.
May spent the previous three years as the director of soccer operations at the University of Connecticut, where he focused on team travel, promotions, training and fundraising.
During May’s time at the University of Connecticut, the team received NCAA tournament bids every year and was consistently ranked among the top 10 teams in the country, including the entire 2010 season. Also, three players were selected as All-Americans, four as Big East Players of the Year, 15 as All-Big East players and six as All-Northeast Region players, while six players were drafted by Major League Soccer and two players signed contracts overseas.
May served as an assistant coach at Rochester Institute of Technology from 2006-09, where he helped lead the team to an overall record of 23-23-6 in Division III competition. He also served as assistant coach at his alma mater, Nazareth College, during the 2004-06 seasons.
Additionally, May spent time coaching and directing for youth club and soccer camp programs, including the Rochester Futbol Club (2007-09) in New York, Yuri Lavryenko Soccer in Rochester, New York (2007-09), the East Hampton Soccer Club in East Hampton, Connecticut (2009-11) and the Northeast United Premier Soccer Club in Storrs, Connecticut (2009-11).
As a former player, May was a four-year starter and a two-year captain, an All-Empire 8 selection in 2001 and 2002 and a regional All-American in 2002.
May holds a bachelor’s of arts in political science from Nazareth College in Pittsford, New York, and he has his National Soccer Coaches Association of America coaching license.
