Ralph Young (American football, born 1946)

Ralph Young
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Born	(1946-05-04) 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 a former American football 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 llinois 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 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.

Early life

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
Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs (Northern Sun 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
William Penn:		1–9
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

↑ "Meet Ralph Young" (PDF). Impact. Southwest Minnesota State College. 27 May 1971. Retrieved 7 December 2014 – via mnpals.net.

Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs head football coaches

John Rutter (1968–1970) Ralph Young (1971–1972) Mike Sterner (1973–1976) Lew Shaver (1977–1978) Gary Buer (1979–1992) Brent Jeffers (1993–1996) Ron Flowers (1997–1999) Curt Strasheim (2000–2003) Eric Eidsness (2004–2009) Cory Sauter (2010– )

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