Mike Young (basketball coach)

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Mike Young

Title	Head coach
College	Wofford
Sport	Basketball
Team record	58-87 (.400)
Place of birth	Radford, Virginia
Career highlights
Playing career
1982–1986	Emory and Henry
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1988 1988–1989 1989–2002 2002–present	Emory and Henry (asst.) Radford (asst.) Wofford (asst.) Wofford

Mike Young (born in Radford, Virginia) is the head men's basketball coach at Wofford College. He was promoted to the position after spending 13 years as an assistant coach at the school.

Young played his collegiate ball at Emory and Henry College in Virginia. After completing his career, which included serving as team captain during his junior and senior seasons, Young began his coaching career as an assistant coach at his alma mater. In 1988, he left Emory and Henry to serve one year as an assistant to Oliver Purnell at Radford University.

In 1989, Young began his tenure as an assistant coach at Wofford. He would go on to spend the next 13 years at the school, helping to guide the Terriers in their transition from Division II to Division I independent status, and finally to a spot in the Southern Conference, where the Terriers compete today.

In December of 2001, Wofford announced that then-head coach Richard Johnson would be promoted to athletic director, leaving Young to take control of the team starting for the 2002–2003 season. So far, Young has not had much success with the Terriers, failing to finish better than .500 in a season and consistently finishing near the bottom of the Southern Conference.

[edit] Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Wofford ({{{conference}}}) (2002 — present)
2002–2003	Wofford	14-15	8-8	T-3rd (South)
2003–2004	Wofford	9-20	4-12	5th (South)
2004–2005	Wofford	14-14	7-9	5th (South)
2005–2006	Wofford	11-18	6-9	5th (South)
2006–2007	Wofford	10-20	5-13	5th (South)
Wofford:		58-87	30-51
Total:		58-87
National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion

[edit] External links

Bio at Wofford's athletics site

v • d • e Wofford Terriers Head Basketball Coaches

Denning • Moser • Major • Gorsuch • Lindsay • Lutz • Frost • Robertson • Dickens • Petoskey • Robertson • Alexander • Earhardt • Johnson • Young