Michael Young (basketball, born 1961)

Michael Young

Young with the Houston Cougars in the 1980s
Personal information
Born	(1961-01-02) January 2, 1961 (age 63) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Yates (Houston, Texas)
College	Houston (1980–1984)
NBA draft	1984: 1st round, 24th overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	1984–1996
Position	Small forward / shooting guard
Number	43, 8, 42
Coaching career	2003–2004
Career history
As player:
1984	Phoenix Suns
1984–1986	Detroit Spirits
1986	Philadelphia 76ers
1986	Manila Beer Brewmasters
1987	Great Taste Coffee Makers
1987–1989	Valladolid
1989	Fantoni Udine
1989–1990	Los Angeles Clippers
1990	Sioux Falls Skyforce
1990–1992	Panasonic Reggio Calabria
1992–1995	Limoges
1995–1996	Faber Fabriano
1996	CRO Lyon
As coach:
2003–2004	Houston (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
EuroLeague champion (1993) Spanish All-Star Game MVP (1988) Italian League Top Scorer (1991) 2× French League Foreign MVP (1993, 1994) CBA Most Valuable Player (1986) Third-team All-American – AP, NABC, UPI (1984) 2× First-team All-SWC (1983, 1984) No. 42 retired by Houston Cougars
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Michael Wayne Young (born January 2, 1961) is an American retired professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Silent Assassin", he had a 12-year playing career spent in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and overseas. He was most recently the director of basketball operations and performance enhancement at the University of Houston, his alma mater.^[1]

Young, a native Houstonian, played basketball at Yates High School and the University of Houston. With the Houston Cougars, he was part of Phi Slama Jama and was twice named to the Southwest Conference First Team.^[2] He played in the 1983 NCAA Final, a loss to the North Carolina State Wolfpack, as well as the 1984 final, a loss to the Georgetown Hoyas.

Michael Young was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 24th overall pick (1st round) of the 1984 NBA draft.

He played in three NBA seasons: 1984–85 with the Phoenix Suns, 1985–86 with the Philadelphia 76ers, and 1989–90 with the Los Angeles Clippers. He also played two seasons with the Continental Basketball Association's Detroit Spirit, where he was named the CBA's Player of the Year in 1986 after averaging 26 points per game.^[3]

Young also played in the Philippines, Spain, Italy, France and Israel.^[3] In 1986, he led Manila Beer to the finals of the Philippine Basketball Association Open Conference, losing to the Ginebra San Miguel team led by Billy Ray Bates. Young, however, won Best Import honors over the highly favored Bates. He would return the following year, this time with the Great Taste Coffee Makers,^[4] which he led to another runner-up finish to Tanduay Rhum, led by David Thirdkill. While with the French League's Limoges, he won the 1993 European Club Championship, the EuroLeague.^[3]

Young concluded his playing career in 1998 before returning to the University of Houston.^[3] He spent one season as an assistant men's basketball coach and five years as Houston's strength and conditioning coach.^[3] He then became the director of basketball operations and performance enhancement.^[3]

Young earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston in 2002. He and his wife, Tina, have five children: Michael Jr., Joe, Mayorca, Jacob and Milan Maria.^[3] Joe played college basketball for Houston and Oregon and followed his father's footsteps to the NBA in 2015 as a member of the Indiana Pacers. His youngest son, Jacob, played at the University of Texas and Rutgers before also transferring to Oregon.

• List of second-generation NBA players

• Career statistics from NBA.com  and Basketball Reference 
• College and NBA stats from basketballreference.com