as he played in Greece, Israel, Turkey, and Italy. In 1994 Mays signed with Greek club Panionios BC, where he would spend the entire season. In the Greek League, Mays averaged 23.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. Highlights of his European career include his selection to the European All-Star Game, leading Panionios to the European Championship final eight with 27.5 points per game, and a First Team All-Star selection (1999–2001) on Italy's Siena squad. He retired as a player in 2002. Coaching career Mays spent the 2002–04 seasons coaching and scouting as an assistant coach for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars franchise. He also coached AAU boys' basketball for the Tennessee/Alabama "Pump" team in the summer of 2003. From 2004 to 2007, he returned to his alma mater and served as an assistant coach under Jody Conradt for the Texas Longhorns women's basketball team. Mays' primary duties were working with UT's guard play and recruiting. He was instrumental in signing, among others, Erika Arriaran, Crystal Boyd, Earnesia Williams, and Brittainey Raven. After Conradt retired, Mays worked in the same capacity with the Louisiana State University women's team from 2007 to 2011. He then spent one year as an assistant coach for the University of Georgia women's basketball team. From 2012 to 2016, he returned again to UT as the associate head coach under new head coach Karen Aston. In 2016, he became the head coach at SMU. He was let go on March 8, 2021 after 5 seasons at SMU. Head coaching record Career achievements As a player Southwest Conference Player of the Year (1989, 1990) Three-year All-Southwest Conference (1987–1990) UT Men's Athletics Hall of Honor (2002) European All-Star (1994, 1995) First Team All-Star (Italy) 1999–2001 Personal Mays earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from UT in 1990. He received Italian citizenship through his wife Mirella, herself of Italian ancestry. Notes References External links NBA.com Historical Profile Travis Mays - NBA stats @ Basketball-Reference.com Basketpedya.com Profile Google cache of "Mays shows women the way" @ dailytexanonline.com (an article on Mays' coaching career) 1968 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players American women's basketball coaches Atlanta Hawks players Basketball coaches from Florida Basketball players from Florida Georgia Lady