Coach May, Rewriting Snow College Men’s Basketball History

Ira Bowman

Photo courtesy of Snow College Athletics

Snow College men’s basketball Head Coach Andrew May has been named Scenic West Athletic Conference coach of the year in a record-breaking season for the program. 

Coach May has taken quite the journey to get to Snow College. In 2011 Coach May was a graduate assistant coach on the Jimmer Fredette BYU team that made the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. 

May has had other stops as an assistant at Salt Lake Community College and Utah Tech before finally receiving the head coaching job here at Snow in 2022-23. 

In his first-year, Coach May reached the Region 18 tournament championship game after defeating No.1 and undefeated College of Southern Idaho before dropping the region title game to Salt Lake. 

In year two Coach May’s Badgers were ranked as high as No.5 in the country before ultimately missing the region and national tournament, in an unfortunate end. 

Enter year three and Coach May and his four sophomores quickly jumped to the number one1 ranking in the country since the December 16 AP poll. Coach May led his team to the greatest season in school history with a 32-1 record and a 25-game winning streak, both program records in more than the 100-year history of Snow College men’s basketball. 

Coach May led the Badgers to their first-ever undefeated season in conference play (15-0) leading to him winning the Scenic West Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award. The Award was presented to Coach May after an 87-84 win over SLCC in the Region 18 tournament semifinal. 

“There are high level coaches in this league so yeah definitely proud of it from a personal standpoint for my family that has supported me through it… and my assistant coaches Brad Kitchen and Josh Perkins they have been incredible… this is partly theirs as well.” Andrew May said about how proud he was of winning the award in such a high-profile coaching league.

Following receiving the award, Coach May added a Region 18 tournament title to his accolades, just the fourth in program history after defeating Southern Idaho 91-64. As well as the first-ever west district championship in program history with a 94-85 win over No. 17 Eastern Arizona.

This win led the Badgers to receive the number one overall seed and a first-round bye in the NJCAA national tournament. For dates and times of the tournament visit Snowbadgers.com