William Lee "Monk" Younger (November 16, 1894 – June 30, 1977) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at Davidson College in 1915 and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1916 and 1917. He was elected captain of the 1918 VPI team, but did not play for the Gobblers because he was serving in France during the close of World War I. [1]
 Younger pictured in Quips and Cranks 1924, Davidson yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 16, 1894 Danville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | June 30, 1977 (aged 82) Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1915 | Davidson |
| 1916–1917 | Virginia Tech |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Hampden–Sydney |
| 1920–1922 | Virginia Tech (assistant) |
| 1923–1931 | Davidson |
| 1932 | Virginia Tech (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1920 | Hampden–Sydney |
| 1920–1923 | Virginia Tech |
| 1923–1931 | Davidson |
| 1932–1937 | Virginia Tech |
| Baseball | |
| 1921–1923 | Virginia Tech |
| 1924–1931 | Davidson |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1919–1920 | Hampden–Sydney |
| 1935–1950 | Virginia Tech |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 49–40–8 (football) 157–159 (basketball) 82–110–4 (baseball) |
Younger was the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College in 1919 and at Davidson from 1923 to 1931, compiling a career college football coaching record of 49–40–8. He was also the head basketball coach at Hampden–Sydney (1919–1920), Virginia Tech (1920–1923, 1932–1937), and Davidson (1923–1931), tallying a career college basketball mark of 157–159. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Virginia Tech from 1921 to 1923 and at Davidson from 1924 to 1931, amassing career college baseball mark of 82–110–4. Younger was appointed as the athletic director of Virginia Tech in 1935 and served in that post until his retirement in 1950. He was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
He died after a long illness on June 30, 1977, at a hospital in Blacksburg, Virginia.[2]
Head coaching record edit
Football edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden–Sydney Tigers () (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Hampden–Sydney | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| Hampden–Sydney: | 5–2–1 | ||||||||
| Davidson Wildcats (Independent) (1923–1931) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Davidson | 3–7 | |||||||
| 1924 | Davidson | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| 1925 | Davidson | 6–2–2 | |||||||
| 1926 | Davidson | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| 1927 | Davidson | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1928 | Davidson | 2–8 | |||||||
| 1929 | Davidson | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1930 | Davidson | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1931 | Davidson | 4–4–2 | |||||||
| Davidson: | 44–38–7 | ||||||||
| Total: | 49–40–2 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Tech's football star is playing over there: "Monk" Younger captain of Base Hospital No. 41 football team in France". Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ "Ex-Coach Monk Younger Dead At 83". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. July 1, 1977. p. 5D. Retrieved November 18, 2011 – via Google News.