Bio

Neal Young is in his third season as the head men’s basketball coach at Ohio Northern.

He took over the program on April 6, 2022.

He is 23-27 in his two seasons and led the Polar Bears to their first winning season since 2018 last year with a 13-12 mark.

Young came to ONU after winning three USA South titles in five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) College.

He guided the Scots to a 79-47 record (a winning percentage of .627) and USA South titles in 2019, 2020 and 2022.

Prior to his time at Covenant, Young was the head coach at Goshen (Ind.) for four seasons from 2014-17, where he also served as an associate director of athletics.

Young was also an assistant coach at Lewis (Ill.) in 2012-13 and Goshen from 2009-11.

He earned his bachelor's degree from Anderson (Ind.) in secondary education in 2008 and a master's degree in organizational leadership from Lewis in 2013.

Neal and his wife, Maggie, have three children — Brooks, Finley and Sloane.

Men's Basketball under Young