JT May joined South Alabama as the Assistant Athletic Director, Football Chief of Staff in January 2025.
Prior to coming to Mobile, May spent four seasons at Utah State in various roles within the program. He arrived in 2020 and worked with the team's quarterbacks in a quality control role before serving as an offensive recruiting analyst in 2021. After a break in 2022 when he was the special teams coordinator and running backs coach at Mica Mountain High School in Arizona, he returned to Utah State as the director of internal operations for two seasons.
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In 2023, May helped Utah State to six wins and its third-straight bowl game as it played in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Overall, it was USU's 11th bowl game in the last 13 seasons. In 2021, May helped the Aggies to their best season in school history as they tied the school record with 11 wins, won their first-ever Mountain West Conference Championship with a 46-13 victory at No. 19 San Diego State, posted a 24-13 win against Oregon State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl and finished the season ranked 24th in the nation.
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May's time with the Aggies started after he spent four years coaching at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore. During his tenure at Pacific, May coached defensive line, receivers, tight ends and coordinated special teams. He coached seven players to all-Northwest Conference recognition, and helped coach an offense that ranked seventh nationally in third down conversion percentage and a defense that finished 20th nationally in sacks.
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May started his football coaching career in Arizona at his alma mater, Buena Vista High School. Before that, he played two seasons at Pacific University before transferring to Arizona, where he earned his bachelor's degree in molecular and cellular biology with a minor in pre-law. He later earned a master's degree in secondary education from Arizona.
