Greg Young
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Texas-Arlington Mavericks
Current conference: Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
Texas-Arlington record: 11-18 (.379)
Overall record^: 11-18 (.379)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- WAC Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2021-present | Texas-Arlington |
2013-2021 | Texas-Arlington (assoc. HC) |
2009-2013 | Texas-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 Texas-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 Texas-Arlington following the departure of Ogden
- Along with his wife, Nicole, has one daughter
Greg Young Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only