Ralph H. Young

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Ralph H. Young
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1889-12-27)December 27, 1889
Crown Point, Indiana
Died January 23, 1962(1962-01-23) (aged 72)
East Lansing, Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915
19161917
19191922
19231927

Basketball
19151916
19161923

DePauw
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo
Michigan Agricultural/State


DePauw
Kalamazoo
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
19231954 Michigan Agricultural/State
Head coaching record
Overall 56413 (football)
10045
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MIAA (1916)

Ralph H. Young (December 17, 1889 January 23, 1962) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, college athletics administrator, and state legislator. He was the head football coach at DePauw University (1915), Kalamazoo College (19161917, 19191922), and Michigan Agricultural College/Michigan State College, now Michigan State University, (19231927). During his career as a head coach, he compiled record of 56413, including an 18221 mark at Michigan Agricultural/State. Young was also the head basketball coach at DePauw during the 191516 season and Kalamazoo from 1916 to 1923, tallying a career college basketball mark of 10045. In addition, he served as Michigan State's first athletic director, from 1923 until 1954.

Young served three terms in the Michigan Legislature, representing the East Lansing district. In 1962, he was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. He was elected to the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Kalamazoo College Hall of Fame in 1986.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
DePauw Tigers (Independent) (1915)
1915 DePauw 53
DePauw: 53
Kalamazoo Hornets (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1916–1917)
1916 Kalamazoo 70 40
1917 Kalamazoo 55
Kalamazoo Hornets (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1922)
1919 Kalamazoo 52
1920 Kalamazoo 531
1921 Kalamazoo 72
1922 Kalamazoo 441
Kalamazoo: 33162
Michigan Agricultural Aggies/Michigan State Spartans (Independent) (1923–1927)
1923 Michigan Agricultural 35
1924 Michigan Agricultural 53
1925 Michigan State 35
1926 Michigan State 341
1927 Michigan State 45
Michigan State: 18221
Total: 56413
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