Tom Young
Tom Young went 44–59–4 as a head coach, 1943–1955, at North Carolina and Western Carolina. Share
10 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1946–55 at Western Carolina. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 44–59–4 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1943 6–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | North Carolina | 6–3 | T–5th | |||
| 1944–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | Western Carolina * | 6–3–1 | 4th | |||
| 1947 | Western Carolina * | 3–5–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1948 | Western Carolina * | 7–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1949 | Western Carolina * | 8–3 | 1st | Smoky Mountain L | ||
| 1950 | Western Carolina * | 3–6 | 7th | |||
| 1951 | Western Carolina * | 3–6 | T–5th | |||
| 1952 | Western Carolina * | 2–8 | T–5th | |||
| 1953 | Western Carolina * | 1–9 | 7th | |||
| 1954 | Western Carolina * | 4–5–1 | 4th | |||
| 1955 | Western Carolina * | 1–8–1 | 6th | |||
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 ranked teams | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Conference games | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| On the road | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 4–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
His own nine games on file, 1943, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Dukeseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| NC Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Penn Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Virginiaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| South Carolinaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Jacksonville Naval Air Stationseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Georgia Techseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | North Carolina | Head coach | |
| 1946–55 | Western Carolina | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.