Bill Young (American football coach)
Biographical details | |
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Born | Hereford, Texas | August 17, 1946
Died | March 17, 2021 Tulsa, Oklahoma | (aged 74)
Playing career | |
1965–1967 | Oklahoma State |
Position(s) | Carl Albert HS (OK) (assistant) |
1970–1975 | Putnam City West HS (OK) (DC) |
1976–1978 | Oklahoma State (OL/DL) |
1979 | Iowa State (DT) |
1980–1982 | Tulsa (DL) |
1983–1984 | Tulsa (DC/DL) |
1985–1987 | Arizona State (DL) |
1988–1995 | Ohio State (DC) |
1996–1997 | Oklahoma (DC) |
1998–2000 | USC (DC) |
2001 | Detroit Lions (DL) |
2002–2007 | Kansas (DC) |
2008 | Miami (FL) (DC) |
2009–2012 | Oklahoma State (DC) |
2013 | Wyoming (DQC) |
2014 | Yukon HS (OK) |
2015–2018 | Tulsa (DC/DL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 4–6 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
Academic All-Big Eight (1967) | |
William Louis Young (August 17, 1946 – March 17, 2021) was an American football coach whose career spanned more than 45 years at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels. He served as the defensive coordinator at prominent college football programs like Ohio State (1988–1995), Oklahoma (1996–1997), USC (1998–2000), Miami (2008), and Oklahoma State (2009–2012).
Early years
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Coaching career
After graduating, Young spent six seasons as a high school coach at Carl Albert and Putnam City West before returning to Oklahoma State as a graduate assistant.
Young was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given to the nation's top assistant coach, while at Kansas in 2007. He then orchestrated a defensive turnaround unprecedented at Oklahoma State. For once the defense was actually the bright spot on the team as it finished in the Top 35 in the nation in 2009.[1]
When hired by Oklahoma State, Young stated that he was torn between having to choose between Miami and OSU. He also went on to say "It means a lot to me to come back to OSU because I am a graduate, I played there and now we are back as part of the Cowboy family. My wife and I are very excited to get back to Stillwater and Oklahoma State."[2]
References
- ^ "Player Bio: Bill Young - Oklahoma State Official Athletic Site". Okstate.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Oklahoma State hires Bill Young as defensive coordinator - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. January 20, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2011.