Tom Young (American football)

Thomas Bayard Young Jr. (June 8, 1907 – March 12, 1973) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1943 and at Western Carolina University from 1946 to 1955, compiling a career college football record of 44–59–4. Young was also the athletic director at Western Carolina from 1946 until his retirement in 1969.

Tom Young

Biographical details
Born	(1907-06-08)June 8, 1907
Died	March 12, 1973(1973-03-12) (aged 65) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1926–1927	North Carolina
Baseball
1925–1928	North Carolina
Position(s)	Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
?	Lexington HS (NC)
1943	North Carolina
1946–1955	Western Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1946–1969	Western Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	44–59–4 (college)
Bowls	0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 North State (1949)

Young was a native of Monroe, North Carolina.^[1] He played college football at North Carolina in 1926 and 1927, where he was an all-Southern Conference halfback. Young died at the age of 65 on March 12, 1973, at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.^[2]