| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 4, 1946 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1967 | Parsons |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1970 | South Dakota (assistant) |
| 1971–1972 | Southwest Minnesota State |
| 1979–1983 | Illinois Benedictine |
| 1984 | Southeast Missouri State (OL) |
| 1989–1992 | Southern Illinois (assistant) |
| 1993 | William Penn |
| 1996–1998 | Westminster (MO) |
| 1999–2001 | Oklahoma Panhandle State |
| Baseball | |
| 1971 | South Dakota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 44–96 (college football) 5–23 (college baseball) |
Ralph Young (born May 4, 1946) is an American former college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Minnesota State College—now known as Southwest Minnesota State University—from 1971 to 1972, at Illinois Benedictine College—now known as Benedictine University—from 1979 to 1983, at William Penn College in 1993, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri from 1996 to 1998, and at Oklahoma Panhandle State University from 1999 to 2001, compiling a career college football heading coaching record of 44–96. Young was also the head baseball coach at the University of South Dakota for one season, in 1971, tallying a mark of 5–23.
Young was born in Clearwater, Florida. He went to Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, and played as a linebacker for the Parsons Wildcats under coach Marcelino Huerta.[1]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs (Northern Intercollegiate Conference) (1971–1972) | |||||||||
| 1971 | Southwest Minnesota State | 0–10 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
| 1972 | Southwest Minnesota State | 3–7 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| Southwest Minnesota State: | 3–17 | 2–10 | |||||||
| Illinois Benedictine Eagles (Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference) (1979–1983) | |||||||||
| 1979 | Illinois Benedictine | 3–7 | |||||||
| 1980 | Illinois Benedictine | 3–7 | |||||||
| 1981 | Illinois Benedictine | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1982 | Illinois Benedictine | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1983 | Illinois Benedictine | 0–10 | |||||||
| Illinois Benedictine: | 18–32 | ||||||||
| William Penn Statesmen (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1993) | |||||||||
| 1993 | William Penn | 1–9 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| William Penn: | 1–9 | 0–8 | |||||||
| Westminster Blue Jays (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1996–1998) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Westminster | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1997 | Westminster | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1998 | Westminster | 9–1 | |||||||
| Westminster: | 20–9 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies () (1999–2001) | |||||||||
| 1999 | Oklahoma Panhandle State | 1–9 | |||||||
| 2000 | Oklahoma Panhandle State | 1–10 | |||||||
| 2001 | Oklahoma Panhandle State | 0–10 | |||||||
| Oklahoma Panhandle State: | 2–29 | ||||||||
| Total: | 44–96 | ||||||||