With over 16 years of athletics 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 two seasons, with the team posting an overall 30-7-1 record.
In just the program's second year overall and first eligible for postseason play, national rankings and awards in 2013, the Grizzlies catapulted to #9 in the NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll with a 15-5 overall record, capturing Georgia Gwinnett College's first postseason title in any sport and first trip to the NAIA national tournament.
May and the Grizzlies posted a 15-2-1 mark during the program's inaugural campaign in the fall of 2012. The coaching staff helped guide GGC to a 93-9 scoring advantage over its opponents on the year. Georgia Gwinnett went 7-1-1 at home on the season and posted 11 total shutouts, including a string of five in a row. The Grizzly offense featured 28-goal scorer Tom Butler and five players who boasted 20 or more points, while the defense allowed one or fewer goals in 16 of 18 games.
With under a year to prepare for the school's first-ever intercollegiate athletics season, May helped the staff compose a terrific product on the field.
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. He also leans on this experience at GGC.
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 - 2009, 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 2004-2006 seasons.
Additionally, May spent time coaching and directing for youth club and soccer camp programs, including the Rochester Futbol Club (2007-2009) in New York, Yuri Lavryenko Soccer in Rochester, New York (2007-2009), the East Hampton Soccer Club in East Hampton, Connecticut (2009-2011) and the Northeast United Premier Soccer Club in Storrs, Connecticut (2009-2011).
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.
