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NCAA Basketball: Top 10 head coaching hires from the year 2002

By Joey Loose

EAST LANSING, MI - MARCH 09: Head coach John Beilein of the Michigan Wolverines looks on from the bench during the first half against the Michigan State Spartans at Breslin Center on March 9, 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - MARCH 09: Head coach John Beilein of the Michigan Wolverines looks on from the bench during the first half against the Michigan State Spartans at Breslin Center on March 9, 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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NCAA Basketball Mike Young Wofford Terriers (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
NCAA Basketball Mike Young Wofford Terriers (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

3. Mike Young (Wofford)

There really wasn’t much to talk about when bringing up Wofford basketball back in the day. The Terriers had only been a D1 program for five years by the time they were looking for a new coach in 2002. A new voice was needed to lead this program to D1 success and they really didn’t have to look very far.

Mike Young was promoted to head coach, having spent the last thirteen years on the Wofford staff. He didn’t have a ton of experience prior to coming to Wofford, and this was his first head coaching job. He had been on staff at Emory & Henry, his alma mater, and also Radford, but leading the Terriers was his big first challenge.

Across 17 years leading the Terriers, Young built a great program. He led Wofford to their first five NCAA Tournament appearances, with the highlight being in his final season in 2019, with the Terriers winning their first NCAA Tournament game and a program-record 30 total games. Young made Wofford one of the SoCon’s best programs after three decades of hardwork before finally departing for Virginia Tech in 2019.

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