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Born in Hereford, Texas, Young attended Grant High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma State University and graduated in 1968.
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He has served as the defensive coordinator at prominent college football programs like Ohio State (1988–1995), Oklahoma (1996–1997), University of Southern California (1998–2000), Miami (2008), and Oklahoma State (2009–2012). He later earned a masters degree from Central Oklahoma. After his senior year of high school Young was named to the Oklahoma all-state team as an alternate.
Young was a defensive lineman at Oklahoma State.
He started for three years and was an academic all-conference player. He was also an honorable mention all-conference player.
After graduating, Young spent six seasons as a high school coach at Carl Albert and Putnam City West before returning to Oklahoma State as a graduate assistant. At Oklahoma State Young orchestrated a defensive turnaround unprecedented at Oklahoma State.
Foreign once the defense was actually the bright spot on the team as it finished in the Top 35 in the nation in 2009.
When hired by Oklahoma State Young stated that he was torn between having to choose between Miami and Ohio State University. He also went on to say "lieutenant means a lot to me to come back to Ohio State University because I am a graduate, I played there and now we are back as part of the Cowboy family. My wife and I are very excited to get back to Stillwater and Oklahoma State.".
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