Courtney Young

Extremely passionate and inspirational football coach with over 15 years of coaching experience. Combined with his comprehensive football background, Coach Young strives to mentor student-athletes to reach their pursuit of excellence by teaching unique motivational and position techniques.

     Young graduated from Bartow High School c/o 1999 and played at the collegiate level for Butler Community College (El Dorado, KS), where he helped lead the Grizzlies to a NJCAA National Championship under head coach Jim Shibest. The following year, he played on the defensive line for City College of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) under legendary coach George Rush, where Courtney also helped win an NJCAA National Championship. Young was rated 8th best defensive lineman and 50th best Juco Player in the Country during these years. Young ended his collegiate career at Indiana University from 2001 to 2003, playing under Kansas City Chiefs defensive line coach Joe Cullen. From there, Young played professionally for the Jacksonville Sharks in the Arena Football League for six years, winning their conference championship during his first year of play.

     After his professional career, Coach Young gained extensive Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Line coaching experience, coaching for various schools such as high school and college Warner University Defensive line, Milford Academy Defensive coordinator and Dline, Bloomingdale High Co Dc/D-line coach Bartow High assistant head and Dc/D-line, Warner Uiversity-DLine, and Winter Haven High- Defensive assistant. In addition to coaching high school, Coach Young has experience coaching in several All-Star games, such as the NUC All-American Game (Myrtle Beach, SC) and the North vs. South Game (Sebring, FL), The FBS All-Star game in Daytona Beach, Florida as Defensive line coach.

     Coach Young has two kids, Nehemiah and Chloe Young.