Mike Young (basketball coach)

Mike Young
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Wofford
Record	138–140 (.496)
Biographical details
Born	May 1, 1963 (1963-05-01) (age 48)
Place of birth	Radford, Virginia, USA
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
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SoCon Regular Season Championship (2010, 2011) SoCon Tournament Championship (2010, 2011)
Awards
SoCon Coach of the Year (2010) Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year (2010)

Mike Young (born in Radford, Virginia) is an American college basketball coach and currently 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 collegiately 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 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 2002–03 season. His first six years were fairly uneventful, with high points of a .500 conference record in his first season, and overall records of .500 during the 2004–05 and 2007–08 seasons.

However, 2008–09 saw new school records in the Division I era, marking the Terriers' first winning season as a Division I school and the first winning SoCon record in school history. In 2009–10, Young continued to build on this success, leading the Terriers to both the Southern Conference regular season and tournament championships, which earned Wofford its first bid to the NCAA tournament. In recognition of his achievements, Young was named the 2010 Southern Conference Coach of the Year [1], as well as the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year [2].

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wofford (Southern 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)
2007–2008	Wofford	16–16	8–12	4th (South)
2008–2009	Wofford	16–14	12–8	4th (South)
2009–2010	Wofford	26–9	15–3	1st (South)	NCAA 1st Round
2010–2011	Wofford	21–13	14–4	T–1st (South)	NCAA 1st Round
2011–2012	Wofford	1–1	0–0
Wofford:		138–140	79–78
Total:		138–140
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

External links

• Bio at Wofford's athletics site
• 2010 SoCon men's basketball awards
• Hugh Durham Award

Persondata
Name	Young, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball coach
Date of birth	1963-05-01
Place of birth	Radford, Virginia
Date of death
Place of death