Robert Young (born 1939) is an American football former player and coach. A native of Beresford, South Dakota,, 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.
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA |
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Sioux Falls Cougars (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) |
1983 | Sioux Falls | 5–4–1 | 3–3–1 | 5th | | |
1984 | Sioux Falls | 8–2 | 5–1 | 1st | | |
1985 | Sioux Falls | 6–3–1 | 4–2 | T–2nd | | |
1986 | Sioux Falls | 3–7 | 2–3 | T–3rd | | |
1987 | Sioux Falls | 3–7 | 2–3 | T–4th | | |
1988 | Sioux Falls | 10–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Division II First Round | |
1989 | Sioux Falls | 7–2–1 | 4–1 | T–1st | | |
1990 | Sioux Falls | 6–4 | 3–2 | T–2nd | | |
1991 | Sioux Falls | 5–5 | 2–3 | T–4th | | |
1992 | Sioux Falls | 5–5 | 2–3 | T–3rd | | |
1993 | Sioux Falls | 2–8 | 0–5 | 6th | | |
1994 | Sioux Falls | 8–3 | 4–1 | T–1st | L NAIA Division II First Round | |
1995 | Sioux Falls | 11–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | |
1996 | Sioux Falls | 14–0 | 6–0 | 1st | W NAIA Division II Championship | |
1997 | Sioux Falls | 11–2 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | |
1998 | Sioux Falls | 8–3 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Quarterfinal | |
1999 | Sioux Falls | 6–3 | 5–0 | 1st | | 21 |
Sioux Falls Cougars (Great Plains Athletic Conference) |
2000 | Sioux Falls | 6–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | | |
2001 | Sioux Falls | 12–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NAIA Championship | 2 |
2002 | Sioux Falls | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | 3 |
2003 | Sioux Falls | 12–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | 3 |
2004 | Sioux Falls | 11–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 5 |
Sioux Falls: | 172–69–3 | 103–31–1 | |
Total: | 172–69–3 | |
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