TULSA, Okla. –– Bill Young, who spent two coaching stints on the football staff at The University of Tulsa, died on Wednesday night at the age of 74. In a coaching career that spanned 50 years, Young retired from coaching as Tulsa's defensive coordinator on December 20, 2018.
Young first coached at Tulsa under John Cooper from 1980-84 and returned on coach Philip Montgomery's staff as defensive coordinator and line coach in 2015. In all, Young spent nine seasons coaching at Tulsa.
Young's coaching career included stops as the defensive coordinator at Arizona State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Southern Cal, Kansas, Miami (Fla.