Jason Mays joined the Kentucky Wesleyan College Department of Athletics as the Associate men’s basketball coach in July of 2017.
Mays comes to Kentucky Wesleyan after spending two seasons at Valdosta State University of the Gulf South Conference. Mays assisted with program operations, recruiting, social media management and monitored team academics. He also implemented the “Tip-Off Club”, the first VSU men’s basketball booster club.
The Blazers compiled a 26-6 record during Mays’ second season including a GSC regular season title and a runner-up finish in the conference tournament. The team ranked 16th in the NABC Coaches Poll and second in south region. Two players earned All-Conference honors while one went on to be an All-American.
Prior to Valdosta State, Mays spent seven years coaching alongside Head Coach Happy Osborne at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Ky. Mays took on fundraising, game prep, and recruiting responsibilities, while helping to lead the program to an NAIA Elite Eight appearance in 2002 and Final Four appearances in both 2003 and 2004.
While at Georgetown, Mays recruited both internationally and in 48 states within the U.S. while with the program, and helped produce five NAIA All-Americans and 20 All Mid-South Conference players. Under Mays’ tutelage, 11 players went on to play professionally after college.
Mays' coaching career began at Maine Central Institute in 1999, where he was promoted to an assistant coaching position by Head Coach Max Good while still serving as a graduate assistant. After Good left to coach at UNLV, Mays moved to St. Catharine College in the fall of 1999, where he coached for one year before returning to his alma-mater in 2000.
In 2007, Mays elected to take time away from coaching at the collegiate level in order to spend more time with his family. Since then, he has spent time working as a financial advisor and pursuing a Masters degree in Education at GC.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mays and his wife Lori Beth have one son Jayse and one daughter Raegan.
