title: Russell Young (American football)
text: # Russell Young (American football)
  
  Russell Kenneth Young (March 19, 1912 – January 19, 1983) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne—now known as Wayne State College—in 1958 and the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wisconsin from 1963 to 1976, compiling a career college football coaching 72–68–2 record of. Young was also the head basketball coach at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin from 1956 to 1958 and Wisconsin–Oshkosh from 1962 o 1964, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 48–61.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### College football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Wayne State Wildcats (Nebraska College Conference) (1958) ||||||
  | 1958 | Wayne State | 4–5 | 4–4 | 6th |
  | Wayne State: | Wayne State: | 4–5 | 4–4 | |
  | Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans (Wisconsin State College Conference / Wisconsin State University Conference) (1963–1976) ||||||
  | 1963 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 0–5–2 | 0–5–2 | 9th |
  | 1964 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 5–4 | 3–4 | T–6th |
  | 1965 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 5–4 | 3–4 | 6th |
  | 1966 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 3–6 | 3–5 | 6th |
  | 1967 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 6–3 | 6–2 | 3rd |
  | 1968 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 8–2 | 7–1 | T–st |
  | 1969 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 6–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd |
  | 1970 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 5–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd |
  | 1971 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 4–6 | 4–4 | T–4th |
  | 1972 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 8–2 | 8–0 | 1st |
  | 1973 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 4–6 | 4–4 | T–4th |
  | 1974 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 3–7 | 2–6 | T–6th |
  | 1975 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 3–7 | 3–5 | T–5th |
  | 1976 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 8–2 | 6–2 | T–1st |
  | Wisconsin–Oshkosh: | Wisconsin–Oshkosh: | 68–63–2 | 59–48–2 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 72–68–2 | | |
  | National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
  