Garry Young ( January 2, 1936 – September 13, 1994) was a professional

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coach and executive. He was head coach and general manager for the

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and head coach for the

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in the

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Hockey career

He began his career as a scout for the

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, and was promoted to chief scout and director of player personnel. In 1971, Young was hired by

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as the

' new General Manager, replacing interim Fred Glover. He named himself coach after he dismissed

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in the 1972 off-season. He was fired 12 games into the

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in light of irregularities surrounding

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's contract. He created several copies of the contract with different amounts of compensation for Redmond's services on each. Finley rectified the situation by having Redmond traded to the

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and firing Young. Fred Glover was named Young's replacement. Young was hired by the NHL brass as General Manager of the Golden Seals again in February 1974 after Glover resigned. Young's term was again short-lived: he resigned prior to the beginning of the following season. He joined the

as their head coach later that year, lasting there for parts of two seasons. He later coached the

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for a single season.

Personal information

Young had four children with his first wife Verna; Steven, Michael, Linda and Paul. And two children with his second wife Susan; Scott and Elaine. Young drowned in a boating accident in 1994. He is buried in

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.St. Louis Post-Dispatch Young's grandfather was

Weldy Young Weldon "Weldy" Champness Young (October 4, 1871 – October 27, 1944) was a Canadian businessman and athlete. Young was an ice hockey player for the Ottawa Hockey Club, playing in its founding years in the 1880s and in the 1890s. Young later beca ...

, an early ice hockey player with the

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in the 1890s.

Coaching record

References

*Diamond, D., Dinger, R., Duplacey, J., Fitzsimmons, E., Kuperman, I., Meagher, G., Pasternak, J., & Zweig, E. (Eds.) (1998). ''Total Hockey''. New York City: Total Sports. *Kurtzberg, B. (2006). ''Shorthanded: The Untold Stories of the Seals, Hockey's Most Colorful Team''. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. *http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F482480DF26CED6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

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