Tom Young (American football)

Tom Young

Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born	June 8, 1907(1907-06-08)
Died	March 12, 1973(1973-03-12) (aged 65)
Place of death	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Playing career
Football 1926–1927 Baseball 1925–1928	North Carolina North Carolina
Position(s)	Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football ? 1943 1946–1955	Lexington HS (NC) North Carolina Western Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1946–1969	Western Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	44–59–4
Bowls	0–1
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 North State (1949)

Thomas Bayard "Tom" Young, Jr. (June 8, 1907 – March 12, 1973) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1943 and at Western Carolina University from 1946 to 1955, compiling a career college football record of 44–59–4. Young was also the athletic director at Western Carolina from 1946 until his retirement in 1969.

Monroe was a native of Monroe, North Carolina.^[1] He played college football at North Carolina in 1926 and 1927, where he was an all-Southern Conference halfback. Young died at the age of 65 on March 12, 1973 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1943)
1943	North Carolina	6–3	2–2	T–5th
North Carolina:		6–3	2–2
Western Carolina Catamounts (North State Conference) (1946–1955)
1946	Western Carolina	6–3–1
1947	Western Carolina	3–5–1
1948	Western Carolina	7–3
1949	Western Carolina	8–3			L Smoky Mountain
1950	Western Carolina	3–6
1951	Western Carolina	3–6
1952	Western Carolina	2–8
1953	Western Carolina	1–9
1954	Western Carolina	4–5–1
1955	Western Carolina	1–8–1
Western Carolina:		38–56–4
Total:		44–59–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Western Carolina Catamounts head football coaches

C. C. Poindexter (1931–1934) Ralph James (1935–1938) James Whatley (1939–1941) No team (1942–1944) Marion McDonald (1945) Tom Young (1946–1955) Dan Robinson (1956–1968) Bob Waters (1969–1988) Dale Strahm (1989) Steve Hodgin (1990–1996) Bill Bleil (1997–2001) Kent Briggs (2002–2007) Dennis Wagner (2008–2011) Mark Spier (2012–)

Persondata
Name	Young, Tom
Alternative names	Young, Thomas Bayard, Jr.; Young, Thomas B.
Short description	American football coach
Date of birth	June 8, 1907
Place of birth
Date of death	March 12, 1973
Place of death