St. Edward's University Men's Soccer

Youngs head coaching career. In his 12 seasons, Young has coached 69 All-Heartland Conference players, 51 all-region performers and seven All-Americans. He has led the team to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Adidas Team Academic Award in 10 of the last 12 seasons. In the spring of 2013, the team tallied a GPA of 3.04, and six of his student-athletes earned higher than a 3.5 GPA. For the past five seasons, Young has served as the chair of the NSCAA Division II Mens Soccer National Ranking Committee, and he has been the chair for the Heartland Mens Soccer Coaches since 2004. Young came to St. Edwards University after six years as the assistant mens soccer coach at Brown University in Providence, R.I. He helped the team win four Ivy League Championships (1997, 1998, 2000 and 2001) and make four NCAA Division I Tournament appearances (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000). The 1999 squad advanced to the Sweet 16, while the 2000 squad made the Elite Eight. Young coordinated national and international recruitment of high school student-athletes. He assisted in coaching five All-Americans and 11 players who have been drafted in the annual Major League Soccer Superdraft or have signed Major League Soccer (MLS) contracts (FC Dallas, LA Galaxy, Kansas City Wizards, Columbus Crew and New England Revolution). While he was at Brown, the Bears posted an overall record of 61-35-10 (.576) and an Ivy League record of 28-8-5 (.683). Prior to Brown University, Young spent a year as an assistant coach at Bates College, where he helped the team to the East College Athletic Conference Tournament and BBC title. He was the co-founder, technical director and head coach of Bruno United Futbol Club from 2002 to 2003. Young was also the head coach and director of player development for the Lake Travis Soccer Club in Austin, where he led his team (U14) to the 2003 state finals. Young coached the 90 Boys Olympic Development Program for South Texas Youth Soccer and is currently a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) academy scout for the United States Youth Soccer National Teams. Young played collegiate soccer at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. He helped his 1994 team to the first NCAA Division I Mens Soccer Tournament appearance in UNH history. He earned All-North Atlantic Conference Tournament honors in 1993 and 1994. After graduating from UNH, Young played professionally with the Cape Cod Crusaders Soccer Club in the United States Interregional Soccer League from 1995 to 1997. Young holds an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and the USSF A license. He resides in Austin with his wife, Lillian.