Ralph H. Young

Ralph H. Young
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1889-12-27)December 27, 1889 Crown Point, Indiana
Died	January 23, 1962(1962-01-23) (aged 72) East Lansing, Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915	DePauw
1916–1917	Kalamazoo
1919–1922	Kalamazoo
1923–1927	Michigan Agricultural/State
Basketball
1915–1916	DePauw
1916–1923	Kalamazoo
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1954	Michigan Agricultural/State
Head coaching record
Overall	56–41–3 (football) 100–45 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MIAA (1916)

Ralph H. Young (December 17, 1889 – January 23, 1962) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, college athletics administrator, and state legislator. He was the head football coach at DePauw University (1915), Kalamazoo College (1916–1917, 1919–1922), and Michigan Agricultural College/Michigan State College, now Michigan State University, (1923–1927). During his career as a head coach, he compiled record of 56–41–3, including an 18–22–1 mark at Michigan Agricultural/State. Young was also the head basketball coach at DePauw during the 1915–16 season and Kalamazoo from 1916 to 1923, tallying a career college basketball mark of 100–45. In addition, he served as Michigan State's first athletic director, from 1923 until 1954.

Young served three terms in the Michigan Legislature, representing the East Lansing district. In 1962, he was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. He was elected to the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Kalamazoo College Hall of Fame in 1986.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference
DePauw Tigers (Independent) (1915)
1915	DePauw	5–3
DePauw:		5–3
Kalamazoo Hornets (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1916–1917)
1916	Kalamazoo	7–0	4–0
1917	Kalamazoo	5–5
Kalamazoo Hornets (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1922)
1919	Kalamazoo	5–2
1920	Kalamazoo	5–3–1
1921	Kalamazoo	7–2
1922	Kalamazoo	4–4–1
Kalamazoo:		33–16–2
Michigan Agricultural Aggies / Michigan State Spartans (Independent) (1923–1927)
1923	Michigan Agricultural	3–5
1924	Michigan Agricultural	5–3
1925	Michigan State	3–5
1926	Michigan State	3–4–1
1927	Michigan State	4–5
Michigan State:		18–22–1
Total:		56–41–3
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

Ralph H. Young at the College Football Data Warehouse
Ralph H. Young at Find a Grave

DePauw Tigers head football coaches

No coach (1883)
No team (1884–1887)
Unknown (1888)
W. G. Glenn (1889–1890)
Clinton L. Hare (1891)
A. N. Sager (1892–1893)
Edwin O. Smith (1894)
Frank E. Wade (1895)
Arthur Hamrick (1896–1897)
Samuel Ruick (1898)
Jules H. Ford (1899)
Herbert J. McIntire (1899–1900)
Anthony Chez (1901)
James H. Henry (1902)
Chauncey L. Berrien (1903)
Thomas L. McFadden (1904)
O. H. Luck (1905–1906)
Arthur M. Brown (1907–1909)
R. C. Tapp (1910)
Arthur Berndt (1911)
Ashel Cunningham (1912)
Thomas A. Bogle, Jr. (1913–1914)
Ralph H. Young (1915)
Edbert C. Buss (1916–1920)
Mysterious Walker (1921)
James N. Ashmore (1922–1924)
William L. Hughes (1925–1929)
Ray Neal (1930–1945)
Robert L. Nipper (1946)
Edwin R. Snavely (1947–1955)
Robert C. Hicks (1956–1958)
Tommy Mont (1959–1976)
Bob Bergman (1977–1978)
Jerry Berndt (1979–1980)
Nick Mourouzis (1981–2003)
Bill Lynch (2004)
Tim Rogers (2005)
Matt Walker (2006–2008)
Robby Long (2009–2012)
Bill Lynch (2013– )

Kalamazoo Hornets head football coaches

No coach (1892–1896)
Charles Hall (1897–1900)
Maurice Waterbury (1901)
Leroy Hornbeck (1902)
Joseph Rowe (1903)
Wes Clapp (1904)
Rufus Gilbert (1905)
Maurice Post (1906)
Rufus Gilbert (1907–1908)
Van Ward (1909)
Ivan Doseff (1910)
E. J. Mather (1911–1915)
Ralph H. Young (1916–1917)
Paul Staake (1918)
Ralph H. Young (1919–1922)
Maynard Street (1923–1924)
Chester S. Barnard (1925–1941)
Bob Nulf (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Bob Nulf (1946–1948)
Lloyd Grow (1949–1952)
Rolla Anderson (1953–1966)
Ed Baker (1967–1983)
Bob Kent (1984)
Jim Heath (1985–1987)
Ed Baker (1988–1989)
Dave Warmack (1990–1997)
Tim Rogers (1998–2003)
Van Nickert (2004)
Terrance Brooks (2005–2007)
Jamie Zorbo (2008– )

Michigan State Spartans head football coaches

Henry Keep (1897–1898) Charles Bemies (1899–1900) George Denman (1901–1902) Chester Brewer (1903–1910) John Macklin (1911–1915) Dutch Sommer (1916) Chester Brewer (1917) George Gauthier (1918) Chester Brewer (1919) George Clark (1920) Albert Barron (1921–1922) Ralph H. Young (1923–1927) Harry Kipke (1928) Jim Crowley (1929–1932) Charlie Bachman (1933–1946) Clarence Munn (1947–1953) Duffy Daugherty (1954–1972) Denny Stolz (1973–1975) Darryl Rogers (1976–1979) Muddy Waters (1980–1982) George Perles (1983–1994) Nick Saban (1995–1999) Bobby Williams (2000–2002) Morris Watts # (2002) John L. Smith (2003–2006) Mark Dantonio (2007– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Michigan State Spartans athletic directors

Charles Bemies (1899–1900)
George Denman (1901–1902)
Chester Brewer (1903–1910)
John Macklin (1911–1915)
George Gauthier # (1916)
Chester Brewer (1917)
George Gauthier # (1918)
Chester Brewer (1919–1921)
Albert Barron (1922)
Ralph H. Young (1923–1954)
Clarence Munn (1954–1971)
J. Burt Smith (1971–1975)
Joseph Kearney (1976–1980)
Doug Weaver (1980–1990)
George Perles (1990–1992)
Merrily Baker (1992–1995)
Merritt Norvell (1995–1998)
Clarence Underwood (1998–2002)
Ron Mason (2002–2008)
Mark Hollis (2008– )

Pound sign (#) denotes acting/interim athletic director.

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