Thomas Bayard 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.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 8, 1907 |
| Died | March 12, 1973 (aged 65) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
| 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 (college) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 North State (1949) | |
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 edit
College edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1–1–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1947 | Western Carolina | 3–5–1 | 2–3 | T–5th | |||||
| 1948 | Western Carolina | 7–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1949 | Western Carolina | 8–3 | 4–0 | 1st | L Smoky Mountain | ||||
| 1950 | Western Carolina | 3–6 | 1–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1951 | Western Carolina | 3–6 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1952 | Western Carolina | 2–8 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1953 | Western Carolina | 1–9 | 0–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1954 | Western Carolina | 4–5–1 | 2–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1955 | Western Carolina | 1–8–1 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
| Western Carolina: | 38–56–4 | 16–28–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 44–59–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Funeral of Young today". Star-News. United Press International. March 14, 1973. Retrieved November 16, 2011 – via Google News.