# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/travis-mays
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:24:06.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/travis-mays"
name: "Travis Mays"
slug: "travis-mays"
description: "Travis Cortez Mays is an American women's basketball coach and former professional player who was the women's head coach for Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2016 until 2021. Mays was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the first round of the 1990 NBA draft. Born in Ocala, Florida, he played basketball for Vanguard High School before enrolling at the University of Texas to compete for the Longhorns. After his time in the NBA, Mays played professional basketball in several leagues in Europe."
tagline: "American basketball player-coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Travis_Mays.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1968-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.32
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           6.547841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Mays"
    title: "Travis Mays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ترافيس ميس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ترافيس ميس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Mays"
    title: "Travis Mays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Mays"
    title: "Travis Mays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Mays"
    title: "Travis Mays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Mays"
    title: "Travis Mays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1463338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump