Tom Young (American football)
For other uses, see Tom Young (disambiguation).
Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | June 8, 1907 |
Died |
March 12, 1973 65) Winston-Salem, North Carolina | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1926–1927 | North Carolina |
Baseball | |
1925–1928 | North Carolina |
Position(s) | Halfback (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
? | Lexington HS (NC) |
1943 | North Carolina |
1946–1955 | Western Carolina |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1946–1969 | Western Carolina |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 44–59–4 |
Bowls | 0–1 |
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.
Young 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
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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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 |
References
- ↑ Allison, John O., ed. (1928). Yackety Yack 1928. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Publication Union of the University of North Carolina. p. 111. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ↑ UPI (March 14, 1973). "Funeral of Young today". Star-News. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
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