Asheboro hires baseball coach from Atkins

Jamey May (Courtesy photo)

ASHEBORO — Jamey May sees the potential for big things in high school baseball for Asheboro.

That drew him to the coaching opening, and he has been hired to take charge of the Blue Comets.

“Asheboro is a baseball hotbed,” May said. “Post 45 (in American Legion baseball) has always been very successful. It has always been a good baseball town.”

May will be the Asheboro program’s fourth coach in a three-year stretch after Glen Hunt filled in on an interim basis for the 2025 season.

May spent the past three school years as an assistant athletics director at Atkins, where he was this year’s baseball coach. He previously started the junior varsity baseball team at the school.

As the only high school in a stand-alone district, the Asheboro vacancy appealed to May.

“That’s super attractive to me,” he said. “(The administration is) super passionate about athletics.”

May’s baseball coaching has covered several levels in recent years. It began when he was a co-coach of Kernersville Post 36’s American Legion team while he was in college.

“That’s when I got my feet wet in coaching,” he said.

He became involved in a coaching capacity for a travel team with USA Prime and was an assistant coach at Walkertown. Now, he’s the coach of the High Point Hushpuppies in the Old North State League, which is a collegiate summer circuit.

“The school teams have always been my passion,” May said.

Atkins, a Class 3A team before the recent realignment, was 9-16 during May’s season in charge. The Camels won four of their last five games.

May graduated from East Forsyth in 2015. After a redshirt season at Belmont Abbey, he spent a season at Rockingham Community College and then finished playing two seasons at William Peace.

Asheboro alums Davis Gore, an outfielder, and Connor Adams, a pitcher, are with the Hushpuppies.

May, 28, will teach physical education at the school.