William L. Younger
Basketball Coach
1894 – 1977
Who was William L. Younger?
William Lee "Monk" Younger was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at Davidson College in 1915 and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1916 and 1917. Younger was the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College 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, Virginia Tech, and Davidson, tallying a career college basketball 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 mark of 82–110–4. Younger was appointed as the athletic director in 1935 and served in that post until his retirement in 1950. He died after a long illness on June 30, 1977 at a hospital in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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- Born
- Nov 16, 1894
Danville - Education
- Virginia Tech
- Davidson College
- Died
- Jun 30, 1977
Blacksburg
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on July 23, 2013
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