Snow College Athletics

Coach May was born in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, and comes to Snow College after three years at Dixie State University as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for former Snow College head coach Jon Judkins. Coach May helped the Trailblazers in 2019-2020 win a Division II RMAC Championship, NCAA Tournament Appearance, while tying the school record for most wins in a season. Coach May then helped lead Dixie State into the Western Athletic Conference in Division I in 2020-2021, making history with 8 wins in their first season including the departments first Division I home, road and league wins. In 2021-2022, Dixie State improved to 13 wins in their second season of Division I and beating in state rivals Southern Utah and Utah Valley University, while for the first time in school history, knocking off the first top-100 and previous NCAA tournament team Grand Canyon.

Previous to Dixie State, Coach May worked at Brigham Young University in two separate stints including from 2011-2015 and from 2006-2011 under Cougar coach Dave Rose. May helped BYU to three-straight NIT postseason appearances, highlighted by a trip to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden in 2016. May was also part of the team in 2011 that went to the Sweet 16 and set the school record for the most wins led by Consensus National Player of the Year Jimmer Fredette.

Prior to his time at BYU, Coach May served as an assistant coach at Salt Lake CC, where he helped lead the Bruins to a pair of SWAC championships and a pair of NJCAA national tournament appearances. During May's tenure he coached five All-Americans, including NBA player Gary Payton II. May and the SLCC coaching staff also saw 15 players move on to compete at the NCAA Division I level.

Coach May began his coaching career as an assistant varsity coach at Orem (UT) High School from 2003-04. He played basketball at Lone Peak (UT) High School. He holds Bachelor's (2010) and Master's (2011) degrees in Exercise Science from BYU. He and his wife Marissa are the parents of five children.

Snow College Coaching History
Andrew May is in his 4th season at the helm of Snow College men’s basketball team. May has led the Badgers to 3 straight 20-win seasons. The Snow Badgers have a record of 73-21 (78%) under May and come off one of the most historic seasons of the illustrious Snow College men’s basketball legacy. 

2024-2025
In his third season at Snow College, May’s Badgers attempted one of the most difficult schedules in the country. The Badgers played 20 out of their 30 regular season games away from home and were rated the 14th toughest schedule in all of junior college by Massey. May’s squad opened the season hosting Philadelphia powerhouse Harcum College who was ranked 24th in the country. Badgers won by 24 and then started a streak of double digit victories. After beating Western Nebraska at home 112-67, the Badgers won 4 road games in 6 days in Arizona vs. Central Arizona, Arizona Western, #25 Eastern Arizona, and Yavapai. After a neutral cite 109-64 victory over Western Wyoming, the Badger improved to 7-0 and headed on a very competitive road trip in Odessa, TX. 
The Badgers opened the road trip with the first and what would end up being their only regular season loss of the year against a talented Midland team. May’s squad rebounded to beat the tournament host’s and highly ranked #9 Odessa College on their home floor led by a 34 point outburst by sophomore guard Mark Brown Jr. The Badgers capped the trip with a 27 point win over New Mexico Military Institute. Back to back 50 point wins over Central Wyoming College set the stage for the top 5 road match up at national powerhouse and #5 ranked team in the country Indian Hills. 
May’s squad took down Indian Hills 93-88 and followed up with a 57 point blow out of Lake Region State. On December 16th, 2024 May’s Snow College men’s basketball team became the first team in the school’s 100+ years of basketball to be voted as the #1 team in the country. Remarkably, the Badgers would stay the #1 team in the country for the entirety of the rest of the regular season and into the national tournament.
After Christmas break, the Badgers opened up league play at rival Salt Lake Community College where the Badgers came back from a 19 point deficit to beat the #4 team in the country. That would make the Badgers 3-0 vs. top 10 teams all on the road.  After road wins at CNCC, at USU-E and at Central Wyoming, the Badgers beat North Idaho College in their conference home opener. Then the Badgers squared off with national powerhouse and #16 team in the country College of Southern Idaho. May’s squad beat the Golden Eagles by 28 thus finishing the first round of league 5-0 and in sole possession of first place. 
The second round of league was highlighted by a 42 point home victory over Utah State Eastern and a sweep of road games at North Idaho and at #20 CSI. Home wins over CNCC and SLCC wrapped up 2nd round of league leaving the Badgers 10-0 and in sole possession of first place.
The last round of league was highlighted by a 14 point road win at SLCC, a 22 point home win vs. CSI and a 7 point home win vs. North Idaho on sophomore night. May’s Snow College Men’s Basketball team went undefeated 15-0 for the first time in school history, winning the Scenic West Athletic Conference. May was named the Scenic West Athletic Conference coach of the year. Isaac Finlinson was named the SWAC POY while Isaac Garrett was named 1st team all-conference, while Mark Brown Jr. and Chance Trujillo were named 2nd team all conference.
The Badgers then again made history winning for just the 4th time the Region 18 tournament that was hosted in Ephraim, UT. The Badgers beat SLCC for the 4th time in the season in the first round and then secured the championship with a 23 point blow out of the second seed College of Southern Idaho. The Badgers went a perfect 4-0 vs. CSI. 
May’s squad then made history again as the Badgers beat #17 ranked Eastern Arizona 94-85 en route to Snow College’s first West District championship in school history, thus securing Snow College’s 4th trip to the national tournament. This also set the record at Snow College for the most wins in a row by any team, 25, as well as the most wins in school history at 32. May was named the West District Coach of the Year.
The Badgers for the first time in school history were selected as the overall #1 seed for the national tournament and Coach Andrew May for the first time in school history was named the Media National Coach of the Year. For the first time in school history, Isaac Finlinson was named as the NJCAA National Player of the Year, the NABC Junior College National Player of the Year and the Media National Player of the Year. He also was chosen as a first team All-American. 
The Badgers ended the season on a half-court shot at the buzzer by Connor State in a 63-62 setback. 32-2 was the final record, which was the best winning percentage in school history. The Badgers ended the season #1 in the Massey poll and had the #1 offense in all of junior college per SynergySports. 
May’s squad had 8 victories over ranked opponents, were Top 10 in FG%, 3PFG% and FT% and had a player named Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Week 13 times. 4 of May’s players signed D1 scholarships, Isaac Finlinson to the University of Hawaii, Isaac Garrett to the University of Oakland, Mark Brown Jr. to Valparaiso University, and Chance Trujillo to Utah Tech. 
This Snow Badger’s special season was topped with a team GPA of 3.7 and seven All-academic  players. The Badgers were named to the NABC all-academic team and hosted the second highest GPA in the country in all levels of junior college. This concluded an historic, record setting year and also meant 3 straight 20 win seasons for the Badgers under Coach May. 
2023-2024
In May’s second season at Snow College, the Badgers raced off to a 13-0 start and were ranked as high as number 5 in the country. The Badgers finished the season with the number 3 offense in the country in efficiency per SynergySports. The Badgers were ranked in the top 25 in the following categories: points per game, field goals made per game, field goal percentage, 3 point field goals made, 3 point field goal percentage (36.5%), assists per game, Least turnovers per game, and net efficiency. Badgers finished the year 21-7 and were ranked in the top 25 for almost the entire season. 
The Badgers had 3 players named all conference with Max Triplett and Dylan Jones being named second team and Colin Christensen being named 3rd team.
The Badgers performed incredibly in the classroom, posting a fall team GPA of 3.7 GPA and every player getting above a 3.0 and 13 players above a 3.5. The Badgers ended the year with a 3.5 team GPA and unprecedented 10 NJCAA All-Academic performers. The Snow Men’s Basketball team finished with the 3rd highest team GPA in the country and received the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award. Sophomore 6’9 center Max Triplett was named as Snow College’s Male Athlete of the Year with a perfect 4.0.
Coach May and staff were able to help Dylan Jones, after receiving multiple scholarship offers to move on to an NCAA Division I school Fairleigh Dickinson who as a 16th seed upset #1 seed Purdue in the NCAA tournament. Max Triplett also received multiple scholarship offers on the year and decided to play for Brigham Young University in the BIG 12 where he will study engineering. Both Max and Dylan came to Snow with zero offers out of high school and were able to fulfill their dreams of playing high level DI basketball.

2022-2023
In his first season, Coach May was able to lead the Badgers to a 7-0 start including an impressive 72-66 win over #2 Florida Southwestern State on Alumni Night. The Badgers climbed into the top 10 of the NJCAA rankings and finished 13-2 going into the Christmas break. The Badgers then battled through a tough stretch of the league where they finished tied for 3rd in the Scenic West Conference highlighted by an 84-83 win over #5 Salt Lake Community College giving them just their 3rd loss of the year. 
Snow finished the regular season winning 4 out of 5 games heading into the Region 18 tournament, in which only 4 teams from the league participated. May lead the Badgers into a semifinal matchup with Region 18 host College of Southern Idaho, whose #1 overall ranking and undefeated record appeared insurmountable. The Badgers fearlessly battled the #1 number team in the country and lead 48-31 halftime lead. The Badgers held off a furious second half run by CSI as the Golden Eagles cut the lead to one, but would get no closer. May lead the Badgers to a monumental 84-75 win over the conference champ on their home floor in the conference tournament semifinal.
In the Region 18 championship championship game matched up against the #9 team in the country Salt Lake Community College. May lead Snow back from a 12 point deficit at half time to take a 5 point lead with 5 minutes to go. Unfortunately SLCC made a few tough threes to give them a 76-71 victory. Snow ended the season 20-12, giving the Badgers back to back 20 wins season for the first time in over 10 years.
In Coach May’s first season, Zach Visentin was named to the 1st team All-Scenic West, All-Region 18 Tournament team, and also received a full scholarship to play at NCAA DI Cal-State Fullerton. Clayton Southwick was named 2nd team All-Scenic West and also received a full scholarship to play at NCAA DI Stephen F. Austin. Chase Potter was honorable mention All-Scenic West and All-Region 18 Tournament and received a full scholarship to play at Westminster College. Hayden Franson also moved on to play basketball in the Ivy League at the prestigious Cornell University. 
Coach May’s team performed well in the classroom as well posting a 3.2 winter semester team GPA. The Badgers also had 4 NJCAA All-Academic players Max Triplett, Colin Christensen, Hayden Franson, and Derek Smith.
The Badgers had a prolific year statistically as they finishing in the top 25 in offensive and defensive efficiency and #14 in net efficiency. The Badgers were 8th in the country in 3-pointers made per game.They were also 12th in the country in offensive rebounding as well as 16th in the country in assists.  
Prior to Snow College
Coach May was born in Mt. Pleasant, Utah and came to Snow College after three years at Dixie State University as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for former Snow College head coach Jon Judkins. Coach May helped the Trailblazers in 2019-2020 win a Division II RMAC Championship, NCAA Tournament Appearance, while tying the school record for most wins in a season. Coach May then helped lead Dixie State into the Western Athletic Conference in Division I in 2020-2021, making history with 8 wins in their first season including the department's first Division I home, road and league wins. In 2021-2022, Dixie State improved to 13 wins in their second season of Division I and beating in state rivals Southern Utah and Utah Valley University, while for the first time in school history, knocking off the first top-100 and previous NCAA tournament team Grand Canyon.
Previous to Dixie State, Coach May worked at Brigham Young University in two separate stints including from 2011-2015 and from 2006-2011 under Cougar coach Dave Rose. May helped BYU to three-straight NIT postseason appearances, highlighted by a trip to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden in 2016. May was also part of the team in 2011 that went to the Sweet 16 and set the school record for the most wins led by Consensus National Player of the Year Jimmer Fredette. 
Prior to his time at BYU, Coach May served as an assistant coach at Salt Lake CC, where he helped lead the Bruins to a pair of SWAC championships and a pair of NJCAA national tournament appearances. During May's tenure he coached five All-Americans, including NBA player Gary Payton II. May and the SLCC coaching staff also saw 15 players move on to compete at the NCAA Division I level.
Coach May began his coaching career as an assistant varsity coach at Orem (UT) High School from 2003-04. He played basketball at Lone Peak (UT) High School. He holds Bachelor's (2010) and Master's (2011) degrees in Exercise Science from BYU. He and his wife Marissa are the parents of five children.

Summary
2025 Media National Junior College Coach of the Year
2025 SWAC & District 1 Coach of the Year
2025 Scenic West Athletic Conference, Region 18, & West District Champs for first time in school history
2025 15-0 in conference play, first time in school history
2025 32-2 best record in school history
2025 25 game winning streak most in school history
2025 Ranked consensus #1 team in the country for the first time in school history
2025 #1 overall seed in the NJCAA D1 National Tournament for the first time in school history
2025 National Player of the Year (NABC, NJCAA, Media) Isaac Finlinson, first time in school history
2025 13x SWAC Player of the week, most in school history
2025 4th appearance at the national tournament in school history
2025 #1 Offense efficiency per synergy
2025 3.7 Team GPA
Career
73-21 (78%) College Head Coaching Record (Snow College 3 Seasons) 
19 Total seasons of college coaching
11 College postseason appearances
12 Championships (7 junior college, 4 Mountain West, 1 RMAC D2)
21 All-Academic players
BYU 2006-2011
SLCC 2011-2015
BYU 2015-2019
Utah Tech/Dixie State 2019-2022
Snow College Head Coach 2022-2025

 

Season	Record	Conf. Rec.	Notes
2024-25	32-2	15-0	First undefeated SWAC schedule in program history Scenic West Athletic Conference Champions Region 18 Tournament Champions West District Champions NJCAA Tournament No. 1 Overall Seed Region 18 Coach of the Year JUCO Jam Coach of the Year
2023-24	21-7	6-6
2022-23	20-12	10-8	Region 18 Tournament Runner Up Defeated Undefeated No. 1 CSI in Region Tourney (First ever victory over No. 1 ranked team in program history)
Overall	73-21	31-14