Bob Young (American football coach)
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Bob Young is a former American football
player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Sioux Falls
from 1983 to 2004, compiling a record of 172–69–3. His 1996 Sioux Falls Cougars team
won the NAIA Football Championship
. His football teams were also NAIA runners-up in 2001, semifinalists in 1997, 2002, 2003, and quarterfinalists in 1995, 1998, and 2004. Young won nine South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
(SDIC) titles and four Great Plains Athletic Conference
(GPAC) titles. His teams ran off conference winning streaks of 27 games from 1994 to 1999 and 34 games from 2001 to 2004. He is the winningest coach in Sioux Falls Cougars football history.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Sioux Falls
University of Sioux Falls
The University of Sioux Falls is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It is also commonly called USF.-History:...
from 1983 to 2004, compiling a record of 172–69–3. His 1996 Sioux Falls Cougars team
1996 Sioux Falls Cougars football team
The 1996 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 1996 football season. The Cougars won their first NAIA football championship with a 47-25 victory over the Western Washington Vikings. The team was also the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference champions...
won the NAIA Football Championship
1996 NAIA Football National Championship
The 1996 NAIA Division I Football Championship Series concluded with the championship game played at Milam Stadium in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The game was won by the Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs over the Montana Tech Orediggers by a score of 33–31....
. His football teams were also NAIA runners-up in 2001, semifinalists in 1997, 2002, 2003, and quarterfinalists in 1995, 1998, and 2004. Young won nine South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
The South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference was an NAIA-associated collegiate athletic conference that ceased operations following the 1999–2000 academic school year when it merged with the North Dakota College Athletic Conference to form the Dakota Athletic Conference...
(SDIC) titles and four Great Plains Athletic Conference
Great Plains Athletic Conference
The Great Plains Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota...
(GPAC) titles. His teams ran off conference winning streaks of 27 games from 1994 to 1999 and 34 games from 2001 to 2004. He is the winningest coach in Sioux Falls Cougars football history.