Mike Young is in his 18th year at Wofford. After 13 seasons as an assistant to Richard Johnson, Young embarks on his fifth year as head coach of the Terriers.

When Johnson was promoted to athletic director on Dec. 3, 2001, it was announced that Young would assume Wofford's head coaching duties effective at the conclusion of the 2001-02 campaign.

In his first season as head coach, Young led the Terriers to their best record in eight seasons on the Division I level and a third-place finish in the Southern Conference South Division after Wofford was predicted to finish sixth. The Terriers also faced a non-conference schedule that was ranked as the most difficult in the nation by the RPI and Sagarin Ratings.

Included in the 2002-03 highlights were a 79-77 win at Virginia Tech, the first-ever season sweep of Chattanooga and a 98-82 rout of Davidson.


The 2003-04 victory ledger was highlighted by wins over the the College of Charleston and Davidson.


During the '04-05 campaign, Young's troops pulled a stunning 85-78 upset at Auburn en route to a 7-2 start to the season.

Young has recruited and coached five All-SoCon selections (Tyler Berg, Ian Chadwick, Mike Lenzly, Lee Nixon and Howard Wilkerson) for the Terriers in addition to a SoCon Freshman of the Year (Chadwick, 1997-98) and three members of the All-SoCon Freshman Team (Chadwick, Justin Stephens and Berg).

During Young's tenure, the Terriers have moved from NCAA Division II to Division I Independent in 1995-96 and to the Southern Conference in 1997-98.

In recognition of his contribution to Wofford basketball, Young was promoted to associate head coach in August 1998.

Since beginning Division I play, the Terriers increased their win total for four consecutive seasons (1996-2000). Southeast Missouri State was the only other Division I program to accomplish the feat over that period.

Young has been on the Wofford bench for 443 contests in his 16 seasons. His 300th game with the Terriers was a 65-64 quarterfinal-round victory over Davidson at the 2000 SoCon Tournament. Young also helped guide the Terriers to a berth in the semifinals of the 2000 SoCon Tournament. The semifinal matchup with the College of Charleston drew over 10,000 fans to Greenville's Bi-Lo Center, the largest single session crowd to ever watch a SoCon Tournament game.

A native of Radford, Va., Young has been instrumental in Wofford's success on the court. In four of their first eight seasons of SoCon play, the Terriers have finished higher than their preseason forecast by the league coaches and media.

Wofford has also taken the court against the strongest competition. In addition to facing the nation's most difficult non-conference schedule in 2002-03, the 2001-02 pre-Christmas slate was also rated as the toughest in the nation by the RPI. The 2000-01 non-conference schedule was ranked third by the Sagarin Ratings in terms of difficulty.

Young has been coordinator of the Terrier basketball camp and instrumental in its growth the last several years. The 2006 sessions attracted over 350 campers.

Young came to Wofford after serving as a graduate assistant for one year under Oliver Purnell at Radford University. A 1986 graduate of Emory & Henry College, he was a four-year letterman in basketball for coach Bob Johnson and the team captain his junior and senior seasons. He credits Johnson for having a major influence on his playing and coaching careers. Johnson would also serve a tenure as an assistant coach for the Terriers alongside Young.

Upon his graduation, Young became a full-time assistant coach for two years at Emory & Henry before moving on to Radford. Another mentor in his coaching philosophies is Fletcher Arritt, longtime coach of Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy. Young played one season for him before attending Emory and Henry.

Young and his wife, Margaret, were married on Aug. 13, 1994 in her hometown of Camden, S.C. She is a 1992 Wofford graduate and a CPA with the Pricewaterhouse Coopers accounting firm in Spartanburg. The couple has a daughter, Cooper, 7, and a son, Davis, 4.