William Lee "Monk" Younger (November 16, 1894 – June 30, 1977) was an
American football
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player, coach of football,
basketball
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, and
baseball
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, and college athletics administrator. He played
college football
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Unlike most ...
at
Davidson College
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in 1915 and at
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six regi ...
in 1916 and 1917. He was elected captain of the 1918 VPI team, but did not play for the Gobblers because he was serving in France during the close of World War I.
Younger was the head football coach at
Hampden–Sydney College
gr, Ye Shall Know the Truth
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts men's college
, religious_affiliation = Presbyterian Church (USA)
, endowment = $258 million (2021)
, president = Larry Stimpert
, city = Hampden Sydney, Virginia
, cou ...
in 1919 and at Davidson from 1923 to 1931, compiling a career college football coaching record of 49–40–8. He was also the head basketball coach at Hampden–Sydney (1919–1920), Virginia Tech (1920–1923, 1932–1937), and Davidson (1923–1931), tallying a career
college basketball
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mark of 157–159. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Virginia Tech from 1921 to 1923 and at Davidson from 1924 to 1931, amassing career
college baseball
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mark of 82–110–4. Younger was appointed as the
athletic director
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of
Virginia Tech
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in 1935 and served in that post until his retirement in 1950. He was elected to the
Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
He died after a long illness on June 30, 1977, at a hospital in
Blacksburg, Virginia
Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg, as well as the surrounding county, is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of V ...
.
Head coaching record
Football
References
External links
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame profile*
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1894 births
1977 deaths
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