Mike Young (basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American basketball coach
Date of Birth: 01-May-1963
Place of Birth: Radford, Virginia, United States
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
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About Mike Young (basketball)
- Michael Kent Young (born May 1, 1963) is an American college basketball coach and currently the head men's basketball coach at Virginia Tech.
- He was hired on April 7, 2019 after a 17-year stint where he went 299–244 (.545) as the head coach at Wofford College.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]. On December 21, 2017, Young led Wofford to a stunning 79-75 win over #5 North Carolina, giving the program their first ever win over a top 25 team.
- The next season, they defeated Seton Hall 84-68 in the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament for the first NCAA Tournament win of Young's career.
- On November 5th, 2019, Young recorded his 300th win, and first win as Virginia Tech's men's basketball coach, by defeating Clemson 67-60. On November 20, 2019, Young led Virginia Tech to a 100-64 win over Delaware State, giving the program a new school record and also set an ACC record with its 21 3-pointers made.
- On November 25, 2019, Young led Virginia Tech to a 71-66 victory over No.
- 3 ranked Michigan State in the Maui Invitational Tournament, Young's first victory over a ranked team as head coach of the Hokies.
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