UTA Men's Basketball

Coach Greg Young,

A veteran on the UT Arlington men’s basketball sidelines for more than a decade, Greg Young was named the ninth head coach in program history on Apr. 5, 2021.
 
A 35-year coaching veteran with deep Lone Star State roots, Young will be entering his 14th season with UTA in 2022-23.
 
In Young’s 13 seasons with the Mavericks, UTA has gone 230-183.advanced to the postseason four times.

Coach Young coaching career includes, Jacksonville (Texas) College, Texas State, Hill college, Lamar Community College Colorado, Eastern New Mexico, Cleburne High school and Texas Wesleyan.  

A native of Cleburne, Texas, Young was a three-sport athlete at Cleburne High, lettering in football, basketball and baseball. He then went on to play basketball at Howard Payne University where he was a four-year letterman. He was named a captain his senior season and received the distinguished Paul J. Cunningham Award for excellence and dedication his senior year.
 
Young graduated from Howard Payne in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. He later earned his master’s in education from Texas Wesleyan in 1990.