The Young File

Personal Information
Birthday	October 23
Hometown	Cleburne, Texas
Education	Howard Payne, 1986 (Bachelor's) Texas Wesleyan, 1990 (Master's)
Playing Career	Howard Payne, 1982-86
Wife	Nicole
Children	Reagan

Coaching History
2023-Present	Troy - Associate Head Coach
2021-23	UT Arlington - Head Coach
2013-21	UT Arlington - Associate Head Coach
2009-13	UT Arlington - Assistant Coach
2005-09	Jacksonville College (Texas) - Head Coach
2000-05	Texas State - Recruiting Coordinator
1998-00	Hill College - Head Coach
1994-98	Lamar CC (Colorado) - Head Coach
1991-94	Eastern New Mexico - Assistant Coach
1990-91	Cleburne HS - Assistant Coach
1986-90	Texas Wesleyan - Assistant Coach

Greg Young begins his second season as the associate head coach for the Troy men’s basketball team in 2024-25.

Young helped lead the Trojan defense to impressive feats during the 2023-24 campaign, which included finishing the season second in the country in steals per game last season at 10.3. The Trojans also forced 15.50 turnovers per game, which led the Sun Belt and was 14th in the country. Tayton Conerway finished the season 39th nationally and first in the SBC in steals with 66.

Young was on the sideline with Cross as an assistant and associate head coach for nine seasons at UT Arlington, where the Mavericks won 19-plus games five times and 21-plus games on four occasions, including in their final three seasons together. Young continued to serve as UTA's associate head coach following Cross' departure before being named the program's head coach in 2021 – a role he held until February of 2023.

Widely respected by his peers, Young was voted as the top assistant in the Sun Belt Conference prior to the 2020-21 season.

Prior to joining the staff at UTA, Young served as the head coach at Jacksonville College (Texas) from 2005-2009. He was the head coach at two other junior colleges – Lamar CC (Colorado, 1994-98) and Hill College (Texas, 1998-00) – putting together a strong overall record of 168-139.

In the 2008-2009 season, Young led Jacksonville College to a 21-10 record and one of the best seasons in program history.

Young's other division one stop prior to UTA was as the recruiting coordinator at Texas State from 2000-05.

He also spent 1991-94 as an assistant coach at Eastern New Mexico, where he helped lead the Greyhounds to the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen in the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament.

From 1990-91 Young was an assistant coach at Cleburne High School.

Young is a native of Cleburne, Texas and played basketball at Howard Payne University, where he received his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1986. He later went on to receive his master's in education from Texas Wesleyan in 1990.