Russell Young (American football)

Russell Young
Biographical details
Born	March 19, 1912; Portage, Wisconsin
Died	January 19, 1983 (aged 70); Portage, Wisconsin
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 WSUAC (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]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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 Athletic 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

^ "Russ Young". wifca.org. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
^ "Men's Basketball History". uwoshkoshtitans.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
^ "Ripon College Men's Basketball Coaching Records by Wins". riponredhawks.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.