Dusty May
May in 2023
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamLouisville Cardinals Men’s Basketball
ConferenceAAC
Record126–68 (.649)
Biographical details
Born (1976-12-30) December 30, 1976 (age 47)
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materIndiana (2000)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006Eastern Michigan (assistant)
2006–2007Murray State (assistant)
2007–2009UAB (assistant)
2009–2015Louisiana Tech (assistant)
2015–2018Florida (assistant)
2018–presentFlorida Atlantic
Head coaching record
Overall126–68 (.649)
Tournaments4–1 (NCAA Division I)
0–1 (CBI)
0–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division I Regional — Final Four (2023)
C-USA tournament (2023)
C-USA regular season (2023)
Awards
C-USA Coach of the Year (2023)

Dusty A. May[1] (born December 30, 1976) is an American college basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at The University of Louisville.[2][3]

Coaching career

After graduating from Eastern Greene High School in Indiana in 1995, May served as a student manager at Indiana under Bob Knight as an undergraduate from 1996 to 2000.[4] After graduation, he had video and administrative roles with both USC and Indiana before landing his first assistant coaching job at Eastern Michigan, where he was on staff for the 2005–2006 season.[5] May then had subsequent stops at Murray State, and UAB, where he served under former Indiana head coach Mike Davis.[6] He joined the staff at Louisiana Tech where he was an assistant under both Kerry Rupp and Mike White.[7]

May followed White to take an assistant coaching job at Florida, where he served from 2015 to 2018 before being named the head coach at Florida Atlantic on March 22, 2018 replacing Michael Curry.[8][2][9]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Florida Atlantic Owls (Conference USA) (2018–2023)
2018–19 Florida Atlantic 17–16 8–10 T–9th CIT First Round
2019–20 Florida Atlantic 17–15 8–10 9th
2020–21 Florida Atlantic 13–10 7–5 4th (East)
2021–22 Florida Atlantic 19–15 11–7 T–2nd (East) CBI First Round
2022–23 Florida Atlantic 35–4 18–2 1st NCAA Division I Final Four
Florida Atlantic Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 Florida Atlantic 25–8 14–4 2nd NCAA Division I
Florida Atlantic: 126–68 (.649) 61–38 (.616)
Total: 126–68 (.649)

References

  1. ^ https://openpayrolls.com/dusty-a-may-86655916
  2. ^ a b "Dusty May Named FAU's Head Men's Basketball Coach".
  3. ^ "FAUSPORTS.COM Dusty May Bio :: Florida Atlantic University Official Athletic Site Florida Atlantic University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball".
  4. ^ "Eastern Greene grad Dusty May lands Florida Atlantic coaching job". gcdailyworld.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  5. ^ "The Official Website of Eastern Michigan Athletics 2005-06 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff". www.emueagles.com.
  6. ^ "Dusty May Joins UAB Staff As Assistant Coach". University of Alabama at Birmingham.
  7. ^ "LATechSports.comDusty May Bio - Louisiana Tech Athletics".
  8. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff - Florida Gators". floridagators.com.
  9. ^ "FAU hires Dusty May to replace Michael Curry". 22 March 2018.