[16thregioner]

In his 4 seasons at Ashland, Jason Mays was 99-28 with 4 16th Region Titles, 1 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight, 1 Sweet Sixteen Final Four, and an undefeated season culminating with a Sports Illustrated article about the team. He left with 12 wins in a row over the Tomcats main rival Boyd County.

He scheduled and brought to town the following teams during his time at Ashland:
GRC, Woodford County, Scott County, George Washington (WV), Louisville Desales, Louisville Seneca, Louisville Butler, Madison Central, Capital (WV), Warren Central, Louisville Trinity, Highlands, Bardstown, Bowling Green, Covington Catholic, Simon Kenton, North Laurel, Dunbar, North Gwinnett (GA), Louisville Ballard, Peninsula Catholic (VA), Lyon County, Louisville Male, Louisville Fairdale, Lincoln County, Cincinnati Elder (OH), Huntington High (WV)

Here are the top 10 players who scored the most points under Jason Mays:
Cole Villers 1440 (Ashland)
Ethan Sellars 1397 (Ashland)
Colin Porter 1326 (Transferred from Elliott County after 8th grade)
Ethan Hudson 793 (Ashland)
Devaunte Robinson 475 (Ashland)
Zander Carter 446 (Transferred from Greenup County after 8th grade)
Justin Bradley 426 (Ashland)
Ryan Atkins 356 (Ashland)
Hunter Mays 336 (Ashland)
Tucker Conway 296 (Ashland)

Here are the top 10 players who played in the most games under Jason Mays:
Ethan Sellars 116 (Ashland)
Ryan Atkins 96 (Ashland)
Cole Villers 85 (Ashland)
Hunter Gillum 83 (Ashland)
Colin Porter 80 (Transferred from Elliott County after 8th grade)
Ethan Hudson 66 (Ashland)
Justin Bradley 64 (Ashland)
Tucker Conway 58 (Ashland)
Asher Adkins 57 (Ashland)
Zander Carter 54 (Transferred from Greenup County after 8th grade)

Jason Mays brought an NCAA sanctioned recruiting event to Ashland in the summer of 2021 where ALL local schools (Boyd County, Russell, etc.) were invited to play in front of more than 30 college coaches including D-1 coaches such as Bob Huggins and Rick Stansbury.

You're right, Baller. That isn't the resume of a good high school basketball coach. That's the resume of a GREAT high school basketball coach. The facts just don't align with your narrative. Mays marketed the tradition of Ashland basketball being the winningest program in Kentucky and turned them back into a state contender, not an easy task in an area lacking the population to support a consistent state contender.

I agreed with you that Mays shouldn't have downed his own players in the call. That's where my agreement with you ends, though. Coach Jason Mays was an asset to the area. Ashland's rival schools were jealous of him. If he doesn't leave town, then I wouldn't be surprised to see him offered a head coaching job locally. In fact, if I were a local school that wanted to take basketball seriously knowing this guy is in town, I'd be contacting him immediately.