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):
2023-present | Troy (assoc. HC) |
2021-2023 | UT Arlington |
2013-2021 | UT Arlington (assoc. HC) |
2009-2013 | UT Arlington (asst) |
2005-2009 | Jacksonville (TX) College |
2000-2005 | Texas State (recruiting coordinator) |
1998-2000 | Hill College (TX) |
1994-1998 | Lamar CC (CO) |
1991-1994 | Eastern New Mexico (asst) |
1986-1990 | Texas Wesleyan (asst) |
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