Greg Young

Greg Young

Current position: Associate head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Troy Trojans (Head coach: Scott Cross)
Current conference: Sun Belt Conference
Teams coached: UT Arlington Mavericks
UT Arlington record: 20-33 (.377)
Overall record^: 20-33 (.377)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

Greg Young Facts

• Greg Young
• Hometown: Cleburne, Texas
• Alma Mater: Howard Payne University (BA, 1986) / Texas Wesleyan University (M.Ed, 1990)
• Was a three-sport athlete at Cleburne HS (TX) and then played basketball for four years at D-III Howard Payne (TX)
• Started his coaching career at Howard Payne, spending four seasons as an assistant there under John Sheehy and David Harrison
• After one year as an assistant at Cleburne HS (TX), he worked for three seasons on Earl Diddle’s staff at D-II Eastern New Mexico
• Young was the head coach at Lamar CC (CO) (1994-98), Hill College (TX) (1998-2000) and Jacksonville College (TX) (2005-09)
  • In between stops, he worked as the recruiting coordinator on Dennis Nutt’s staff at D-I Texas State for five seasons
• Hired by Scott Cross in 2009 as an assistant coach at UT Arlington and was elevated to associate head coach in 2013
  • Was on staff at UTA for twelve seasons, including three under Chris Ogden, winning one Southland title and one Sun Belt title
• In April 2021, Young was elevated to head coach at UT Arlington following the departure of Ogden
  • After less than two seasons at the helm, Young was fired in February 2023; he was 20-33 overall and 9-15 on the season
• After briefly serving as GM of Basketball for the Southland Conference, Young reunited with Scott Cross in August 2023 and became associate head coach at Troy

Greg Young Coaching Tree

• Royce Johnson (Texas-Arlington)

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only