Mike Young (basketball)

Mike Young

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Wofford
Conference	SoCon
Record	195–183 (.516)
Biographical details
Born	(1963-05-01) May 1, 1963 Radford, Virginia
Playing career
1982–1986	Emory and Henry
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1988	Emory and Henry (asst.)
1988–1989	Radford (asst.)
1989–2002	Wofford (asst.)
2002–present	Wofford
Head coaching record
Overall	195–183 (.516)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× SoCon South Division championship (2010, 2011) SoCon regular season championship (2015) 4× SoCon Tournament championship (2010, 2011, 2014, 2015)
Awards
3× SoCon Coach of the Year (2010, 2014, 2015) Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year (2010)

Mike Young (born May 1, 1963) 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.

Born in Radford, Virginia, Young played collegiately at Emory and Henry College. 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 Terriers (Southern Conference) (2002–present)
2002–03	Wofford	14–15	8–8	T–3rd (South)
2003–04	Wofford	9–20	4–12	5th (South)
2004–05	Wofford	14–14	7–9	5th (South)
2005–06	Wofford	11–18	6–9	5th (South)
2006–07	Wofford	10–20	5–13	5th (South)
2007–08	Wofford	14–15	8–12	4th (South)
2008–09	Wofford	16–14	12–8	4th (South)
2009–10	Wofford	26–9	15–3	1st (South)	NCAA 1st Round
2010–11	Wofford	21–13	14–4	T–1st (South)	NCAA 2nd Round
2011–12	Wofford	19–14	12–6	T–2nd (South)	CBI 1st Round
2012–13	Wofford	13–19	7–11	T–3rd (South)
2013–14	Wofford	20–13	11–5	T–3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
2014–15	Wofford	28–7	16–2	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2015-16	Wofford	15–17	11-7	T–3rd
Wofford:		195–183 (.516)	114–96 (.543)
Total:		195–183 (.516)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Bio at Wofford's athletics site
• 2010 SoCon men's basketball awards
• Hugh Durham Award
• 2014 SoCon men's basketball awards