Ian Young was elevated to assistant coach prior to the 2021-22 season after spending the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant on the staff at Arkansas State.
Over the last two seasons, Young has contributed to scouting reports, game and practice preparations, offensive and defensive implementation, player development and video analysis. Young has played a vital role in the development of the A-State guards, seeing Marquis Eaton post a league-best 91 assists in 2020-21 while earning All-Conference honors each of the last two seasons. Eaton finished his A-State career fourth all-time with 1,654 points.
A-State finished the 2021-22 season shooting .451 from the field, marking just the second time in the last 14 seasons it shot 45 percent or better. The team was 74.5 percent at the free throw line, the third-best percentage in program history and best since the 1984-85 season.
Young arrived at A-State following a two-year stint as Associate Head Coach at Apopka (Fla.) High School. He conducted 6:00 a.m. workouts and was the skill and development coach. Apopka was the long public school in all of Florida ranked in the top-five, finishing the season at No. 4 with a 25-4 record and a district championship for the first time in over 20 years.
An All-SEC performer at Auburn, Young played two seasons for the Tigers (2003-05). He had two appearances in the NBA Summer League, playing for the San Antonio Spurs (2005) and Golden State Warriors (2008). He played for the Trinidad and Tobago National Team from 2007-17 and is the all-time leader in points and assists. He led Trinidad and Tobago to an upset of No. 12 Puerto Rico in 2008. During his 13-year professional career, Young played in 20 different countries.
Ian and his wife, Tiffany, have three children – Monet, Tiana and Ian Jr.
