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Bill Young enters his first season as the defensive coordinator at the University of Miami.Young, 61, is a 39-year coaching veteran, with 21 seasons as a defensive coordinator.
He has been a defensive coordinator at Tulsa, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Southern California and most recently at Kansas, where the Jayhawks finished the 2007 season 12-1 with a victory in the Orange Bowl over Virginia Tech with a defense that ranked 12th in the nation. Young also had a one-year stint in the NFL.
Under Young's guidance, the 2007 Kansas defense ranked fourth nationally in scoring defense (16.3 points per game) and turnovers gained (35), eighth in run defense (94.8 yards per game) and ninth in pass efficiency defense (105.3). It featured All-American cornerback and NFL first-rounder Aqib Talib.
Young was defensive coordinator at Kansas for six seasons under Mark Mangini. In 2006, Kansas finished third in the Big 12 and 28th in the nation in rushing defense (109.0 yards per game), as it held four opponents to under 70 yards of rushing and limited all opponents to a fourth-down conversion rate of less than 25 percent. In 2005, Young oversaw the development of a defense which finished the season as the top run-stopping unit in the Big 12 and eighth in the NCAA. In 2004, the KU defense led the Big 12 with 27 takeaways, including a league-best 19 interceptions. The defense allowed an average of 117.6 rushing yards per game -- the third-best single-season average in school history at the time and the lowest since 1961. The biggest improvement in the overall defense occurred on third downs, as the opposition converted just 29.9 percent of its chances -- only two Big 12 teams in 2004 were more effective at forcing fourth down.
Young was defensive line coach with the Detroit Lions in 2001. Prior to his stint in the NFL, he worked three seasons as defensive coordinator at Southern California under Paul Hackett. While at USC in 1999, his defense led the nation in total takeaways and topped the conference in rushing defense and turnover margin (third nationally). His USC defense in 1998 was No. 1 in the Pac-10 in total defense, pass efficiency defense (third nationally) and scoring defense. It was also ranked second in the country in forced turnovers.
In addition to his three years at USC, his stints as defensive coordinator came at Tulsa in 1983-84, Ohio State from 1988-95 and Oklahoma in 1996-97. Much of Young's coaching career (1980-95) was spent assisting former Ohio State head coach John Cooper. Their association began in 1980 at Tulsa, where Young was hired as defensive line coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator three years later. He moved with Cooper to Arizona State, where he was the Sun Devils' defensive line coach from 1985-87 before following Cooper in 1988 to Ohio State, where he led the Buckeyes' defense for eight seasons before taking over the defense at Oklahoma, where he worked under John Blake.Young's first two coaching assignments came at his alma mater, Oklahoma State, from 1976-78 and for one season as Iowa State's defensive tackles coach in 1979.
During his 27 years in college coaching, Young has helped elevate 31 players to the NFL, including seven players apiece during his stints at Ohio State, Arizona State and Tulsa, and five each while at Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. Among future NFL players he tutored are Dexter Manley (Oklahoma State), Dan Saleumua and Trace Armstrong (Arizona State), Alonzo Spellman, Dan Wilkinson and Mike Vrabel (Ohio State), Barron Tanner and Kelly Gregg (Oklahoma), David McMillan and Charlton Keith (Kansas).
Prior to his college coaching career, Young spent six seasons on the prep level at two high schools in Oklahoma. He played outside linebacker and defensive end at Oklahoma State from 1965-67 and led the Cowboys in interceptions in 1965. He was an academic All-Big Eight selection as a senior in 1967 and earned his bachelor's degree in education in the spring of 1968. He then went on to earn his master's degree in secondary education at Central Oklahoma in 1971. He is married to Lawana Young.
Personal Information
Full name:Bill Young
Birthdate:Aug. 17, 1946
Hometown:Oklahoma City, Okla.
Education: B.A. in education, Oklahoma State University
Master's in secondary education, University of Central Oklahoma
Wife:Lawana
Young's Coaching Career
2008University of Miami (defensive coordinator)
2002-07University of Kansas (defensive coordinator)
2001Detroit Lions (defensive line)
1997-2000University of Southern California (defensive coordinator)
1995-96University of Oklahoma (defensive coordinator/defensive tackles)
1988-95Ohio State University (defensive coordinator/defensive line)
1985-88Arizona State University (defensive line)
1980-85University of Tulsa (defensive coordinator)
1979-80Iowa State University (defensive tackles)
1976-78Oklahoma State University (offensive line/defensive line)
1970-75Putnam City West High School (defensive coordinator)
1969-70Carl Albert High School (defensive line)
1968-69Oklahoma State University (JV offfensive coach/defensive line)
Bowl Games as a Coach (15)
2008 Orange Bowl
2005 Forth Worth Bowl
2003 Tangerine Bowl
1998 Sun Bowl
1996 Citrus Bowl
1995 Citrus Bowl
1993 Holiday Bowl
1992 Hall of Fame Bowl
1991 Liberty Bowl
1990 Hall of Fame Bowl
1989 Blue/Grey Bowl
1988 Freedom Bowl
1987 Rose Bowl
1985 Holiday Bowl
1976 Tangerine Bowl
Prominent Players Coached
•Trace Armstrong (Arizona State) - Oakland Raiders
•Dan Saleumua (Arizona State) - Kansas City Chiefs
•Kelly Gregg (Oklahoma) - Baltimore Ravens
•Dexter Manley (Oklahoma State) - Washington Redskins
•Dan Wilkinson (Ohio State) - Detroit Lions
•Mike Vrabel (Ohio State) - New England Patriots
•Alonzo Spellman (Ohio State) - Chicago Bears
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