Episode 83: Neal Young - Head Coach Ohio Northern University (Ada, Ohio)

Basketball and Life: with Coach Jon Cook

Neal Young is in his second season as the head men’s basketball coach at Ohio Northern in 2023-24. He took over the program on April 6, 2022. Young came to ONU after winning three USA South titles in five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) College. He guided the Scots to a 79-47 record (a winning percentage of .627) and USA South titles in 2019, 2020 and 2022. Prior to his time at Covenant, Young was the head coach at Goshen (Ind.) for four seasons from 2014-17, where he also served as an associate director of athletics. Young was also an assistant coach at Lewis (Ill.) in 2012-13 and Goshen from 2009-11. And these details do not tell his story. Coach Young played Division III basketball at Anderson University (Indiana), and began pursuing college coaching almost immediately, becoming a head coach at just 28 years of age. At both Goshen College and Covenant College, coach young found success where very few ever have. During his time at Goshen College, Coach Young battled and overcame cancer, and is noe focused on restoring the proud tradition of Ohio Northern Basketball. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life, with Neal Young of Ohio Northern University.