Jay Young is an American basketball coach. He served as head coach of the

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team from 2019 to 2023.

Coaching career

A 1986

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graduate, Young played lacrosse for the Red Foxes where he was an all-conference selection. Immediately after college, Young took his first basketball coaching position at Fitchburg State, followed by a stint at Salem State, then to

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. In 1992 he was named the head men's basketball coach at Newbury where he guided the Nighthawks to the 1995 NJCAA Division III Final Four and was also named District VI Coach of the Year in 1995 and Region XXI Coach of the Year in 1994 and 1995. After his successful spell at Newbury, Young returned to Northeastern as an assistant coach where he stayed until 2000 when he accepted the head coaching position at

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. While with the Chargers he led them to a 78–66 record and two NCAA Division II Regional appearances. In 2006, Young joined Steve Pikiell's coaching staff at Stony Brook where he would stay for 11 seasons and be a part of four

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regular season championships and one NCAA Tournament appearance in

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. When Pikiell accepted the head coaching position at

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, Young followed as an assistant coach. On April 3, 2019 Young was named the 13th head coach in Fairfield history. On October 16, 2023, Young stepped down as head coach, ending his four-year tenure as head coach. He finished with a 50−73 record and zero NCAA tournament appearances.

Head coaching record

NCAA DII

NCAA DI

References