Sean May has joined the North Carolina men's basketball team's coaching staff as an assistant to the director of player development, according to a news release sent out today.
May, who was the 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's Most Outstanding Player, played at UNC from 2002-05, winning a national championship in 2005. May was a first-round draft pick by the Charlotte Bobcats in 2005 and played four seasons in Charlotte and one season for the Sacramento Kings.
“I've always been interested in coaching in college basketball so it makes perfect sense for me to get started along that path at the place it all began for me,” May said in a statement in the release.
Coach Roy Williams, who coached May for two seasons at UNC, also released a statement about May's hiring.
“Sean is one of the smartest players I have ever coached,” Williams said in the statement. “He’s made the decision that his professional basketball playing career is over after 10 years, and he would like to see if coaching is the next step for him to pursue. The position he is in will allow him to help our staff and show him what our coaches do on a daily basis. We are pleased to have him back in Chapel Hill.”
