William L. Younger

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William L. Younger
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Younger pictured in Quips and Cranks 1924, Davidson yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1894-11-16)November 16, 1894
Danville, Virginia
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Blacksburg, Virginia
Playing career
Football
1915 Davidson
1916–1917 Virginia Tech
Position(s) End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919 Hampden–Sydney
1920–1922 Virginia Tech (assistant)
1923–1931 Davidson
1932 Virginia Tech (assistant)
Basketball
1919–1920 Hampden–Sydney
1920–1923 Virginia Tech
1923–1931 Davidson
1932–1937 Virginia Tech
Baseball
1921–1923 Virginia Tech
1924–1931 Davidson
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1919–1920 Hampden–Sydney
1935–1950 Virginia Tech
Head coaching record
Overall 49–40–8 (football)
157–159 (basketball)
82–110–4 (baseball)
Statistics

William Lee "Monk" Younger (November 16, 1894 – June 30, 1977) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at Davidson College in 1915 and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1916 and 1917. Younger was the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College in 1919 and at Davidson from 1923 to 1931, compiling a career college football coaching record of 49–40–8. He was also the head basketball coach at Hampden–Sydney (1919–1920), Virginia Tech (1920–1923, 1932–1937), and Davidson (1923–1931), tallying a career college basketball mark of 157–159. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Virginia Tech from 1921 to 1923 and at Davidson from 1924 to 1931, amassing career college baseball mark of 82–110–4. Younger was appointed as the athletic director in 1935 and served in that post until his retirement in 1950. He died after a long illness on June 30, 1977 at a hospital in Blacksburg, Virginia.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Hampden–Sydney Tigers () (1919)
1919 Hampden–Sydney 5–2–1
Hampden–Sydney: 5–2–1
Davidson Wildcats (Independent) (1923–1931)
1923 Davidson 3–7
1924 Davidson 7–2–1
1925 Davidson 6–2–2
1926 Davidson 7–2–1
1927 Davidson 4–4–1
1928 Davidson 2–8
1929 Davidson 5–5
1930 Davidson 6–4
1931 Davidson 4–4–2
Davidson: 44–38–7
Total: 49–40–2

References

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