| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 19, 1912 Portage, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | January 19, 1983 (aged 70) Portage, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1943–1955 | West De Pere HS (WI) |
| 1956–1957 | Ripon (assistant) |
| 1958 | Wayne State (MI) |
| 1959–1962 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh (assistant) |
| 1963–1976 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh |
| 1977–1981 | Wisconsin–Whitewater (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1956–1958 | Ripon |
| 1962–1964 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 72–68–2 (college football) 48–61 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 WSUC (1968, 1972, 1976) | |
Russell Kenneth Young (March 19, 1912 – January 19, 1983) was an American football and basketball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne—now known as Wayne State College—in 1958 and the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wisconsin from 1963 to 1976, compiling a career college football coaching 72–68–2 record of.[2] Young was also the head basketball coach at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin from 1956 to 1958 and Wisconsin–Oshkosh from 1962 o 1964, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 48–61. [3]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne State Wildcats (Nebraska College Conference) (1958) | |||||||||
| 1958 | Wayne State | 4–5 | 4–4 | 6th | |||||
| Wayne State: | 4–5 | 4–4 | |||||||
| Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans (Wisconsin State College Conference / Wisconsin State University Conference) (1963–1976) | |||||||||
| 1963 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 0–5–2 | 0–5–2 | 9th | |||||
| 1964 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 5–4 | 3–4 | T–6th | |||||
| 1965 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 5–4 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1966 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 3–6 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1967 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 6–3 | 6–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1968 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 8–2 | 7–1 | T–st | |||||
| 1969 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 6–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1970 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 5–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1971 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 4–6 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1972 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 8–2 | 8–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1973 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 4–6 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1974 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 3–7 | 2–6 | T–6th | |||||
| 1975 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 3–7 | 3–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 1976 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 8–2 | 6–2 | T–1st | |||||
| Wisconsin–Oshkosh: | 68–63–2 | 59–48–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 72–68–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||