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Bill May

The 2011-12 year will mark May’s eighth year as the coach of men and women’s tennis program at Oneonta State.  Last year he guided the women’s program to a third place finish at the SUNYAC championships.  The Red Dragons had three individuals earn SUNYAC All-Conference honors after their performances during the conference tournament.

The men’s team in 2010-11 achieved an overall record of 8-7 against some of the top teams in the Northeast Region.  By mid-March, the men achieved a ranking of No. 19 in the Northeast, which marked the second time during May's tenure that the men's program was in the top 25 in the region.

May has a current overall coaching record at Oneonta State (men’s and women’s tennis combined) of 132-70.  

May came to Oneonta after spending three years at Indiana Wesleyan University where he coached the men’s tennis team to a cumulative record of 60-10 including a 19-3 record in 2003.  May’s squads had runner-up finishes at the National Christian College Athletic Association Tennis National Championships in 2003 and 2004.  In 2002 and 2003 his team won both the season and tournament championship of the Mid-Central College Conference and he was selected as the Coach of the Year both years.

Before IWU May served as the Sports Information Director and men’s and women’s tennis coach at Huntington College for four years.  While there he guided the men’s team to the 2000 MCC tournament championship while being selected as the conference Coach of the Year on both the men’s and women’s side.  In his first season, he was the MCC Coach of the year for men’s tennis.

While at Huntington, May received NAIA National Coach of the Year honors for community service (1999) by the United States Tennis Association.

May has coached nine NAIA and NCCAA All-Americans and 20 NAIA and NCCAA Scholar-Athlete All-Americans.  He served as the men and women’s tennis chair in the MCC and served as the Region VIII chair since 1999.  He has guided his teams to five NAIA national championship berths and five top-25 national rankings during his stops at Huntington and IWU.

May is a 1987 graduate of Marion College (IN) where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work with supporting areas in psychology and sociology.  In 1992, he received a second Bachelor's Degree in secondary education and social studies from Indiana Wesleyan University.  In 2005, he completed a Master's of Science Degree in Management from Indiana Wesleyan.