Ralph Young
Ralph Young went 48–38–3 as a head coach, 1915–1927, at DePauw, Kalamazoo and Michigan State. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1923, 3–5 and 1924, 5–3); by them his record is 56–41–3. Share
Seven seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1915 at DePauw; 1916–17, 1919–22 at Kalamazoo. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 48–38–3 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1927 4–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | DePauw * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1916 | Kalamazoo * | 7–0 | 1st | |||
| 1917 | Kalamazoo * | 5–5 | 2nd | |||
| 1918: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | Kalamazoo * | 5–2 | 1st | |||
| 1920 | Kalamazoo * | 5–3–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1921 | Kalamazoo * | 7–2 | 1st | |||
| 1922 | Kalamazoo * | 4–4–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1923 | Michigan State | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 3–5) | ||||
| 1924 | Michigan State | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 5–3) | ||||
| 1925 | Michigan State | 3–5 | ||||
| 1926 | Michigan State | 3–4–1 | ||||
| 1927 | Michigan State | 4–5 | ||||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 2–5–1 | 31% |
| At home | 16 | 10–5–1 | 66% |
| On the road | 14 | 0–14 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 13 | 8–4–1 | 65% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 17 | 2–15 | 12% |
His own 30 games on file, 1923–1927, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fielding Yost 1923–1926 | 0–3 | Michigan | 3 |
Ralph Young’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Michiganseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Kalamazooseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Adrianseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Centreseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Lake Forestseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
| Wisconsinseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Colgateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Ohioseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | DePauw | Head coach | |
| 1916–17 | Kalamazoo | Head coach | |
| 1919–22 | Kalamazoo | Head coach | |
| 1923–27 | Michigan Agricultural/State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Miles CasteelArizona
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Casteel | Michigan State, 1924–27: assistant coach | Arizona |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.