Dave Young was appointed as an Assistant Director of Sports Performance at UCF in December of 2017.
Young joins the UCF sports performance staff after a stint as head strength and conditioning coach at Vassar College. At Vassar, Young was responsible for the performance enhancement and injury prevention of the student-athletes in Vassar's 23 varsity and four club varsity programs.
Young previously worked with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, where he assisted with coaching and implementation of programming for NFL athletes. He also worked with injured athletes through return-to-play stages.
He also worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, graduate assistant and intern during his tenure at Memphis.
Young is a graduate of Central College (Iowa), where he was a student strength and conditioning coach and also gained experience at the University of Iowa. In addition to his bachelor's degree from Central, he holds a master's degree from Memphis. Young is also an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Sport Performance Coach.
Young joins the UCF sports performance staff after a stint as head strength and conditioning coach at Vassar College. At Vassar, Young was responsible for the performance enhancement and injury prevention of the student-athletes in Vassar's 23 varsity and four club varsity programs.
Young previously worked with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, where he assisted with coaching and implementation of programming for NFL athletes. He also worked with injured athletes through return-to-play stages.
He also worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, graduate assistant and intern during his tenure at Memphis.
Young is a graduate of Central College (Iowa), where he was a student strength and conditioning coach and also gained experience at the University of Iowa. In addition to his bachelor's degree from Central, he holds a master's degree from Memphis. Young is also an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Sport Performance Coach.