RIP Tom Young

[ouchmyknee]

Passed away today.

 

[ScarletLongIsland_rivals]

 

[LOU-RU85]

Wow - that sucks. RIP Tom. One of our best.

 

[RUfromSoCal?]

#Style!

RIP......

 

[Rutgers56_rivals]

Rest in peace, Coach. You’ll be missed by all. A true gentleman.

 

[DHajekRC84]

Wow. Sad news. Glad I got to see him coach a bunch of seasons.

 

[BillyC80]

RIP Tom Young. First guy I watched coach at Rutgers.

 

[Plum Street]

Wow almost a year to the day joe Boylan passed .
RIP

 

[Scarlet Shack]

RIP to a Rutgers coaching legend.

 

[knightfan7]

RIP Tom Young. First guy I watched coach at Rutgers.

Me too. I came back to NJ just in time to see Tom Young and Frank Burns lead the BB and FB teams. Great fun.

 

[MadRU]

Wow RIP

 

[rob kight]

Wonderful Coach and man! Gave us a lot of thrills. RIP, Mr Young. The whole RU Nation mourns your passing.

 

[RUPete]

Very sorry to hear this. Another part of my youth has passed away. First team I ever rooted for in anything was Tom Young's team - they started the whole sports journey for me as a kid.

 

[RU Mike73]

Terrible news. RIP Tom. Condolences to family.

 

[babbs09]

Well that sucks. RIP.

 

[RUNVA]

Rest In Peace. You will truly be missed.

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Tom Young and Frank Burns both have gone Home. My start as a Rutgers fan was provided by them.

 

[wheezer]

Wow - that sucks. RIP Tom. One of our best.

Yes
Comes as a shock
Rest In Peace

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Rutgers legend.

Thank you for the memories.

R.I.P.

 

[Knights 1212]

I am so sorry to hear this. Tom was a wonderful coach and an even better person. He brought so much happiness to me providing us with a 31-0 record going into the Final Four in 1976. I attended 13 games in that season and I have been a RU fan since Lloyd & Valvano. Tom made Rutgers into the best team in the East and one of the best in the country.

 

[MADHAT1]

R.I.P Coach Young

 

[cRURah]

He was out greatest coach ever.

 

[Joey Bacala]

Pic of our beat coach ever and our worst coach ever. RIP Coach Young thanks for the memories!!

 

[shields]

Littlepage was the worst, could not win in mediocre Atlantic Ten.

 

[Plum Street]

Littlepage was the worst, could not win in mediocre Atlantic Ten.

Could not only win , he put arguably the worst teams in rutgers history out there

 

[MADHAT1]

Tom Young was a great Rutgers MBB HC
this tribute page should be about our thoughts about him and not be sidetracked into evaluations of those who coached before or after Tom Young.

My own opinion is : Coach Young earned the type of respect from RU MBB fans that his tribute thread should be about him and not use his sucess to knock those who couldn't reach the standards Coach Young set.

 

[198hamilton]

The thread is about coach Young. Zero need to get into other coaches. Not good form

 

[Plum Street]

The thread is about coach Young. Zero need to get into other coaches. Not good form

Agree. I shouldn’t have responded to the guy that mentioned littlepage. my fault .

RIP tom

 

[Antnee79]

Never had a losing season on the banks. His Final Four team was my freshman year. Have lived and died RU hoops ever since. RIP Coach.

 

[AZBlues]

RIP. Great coach, and he played a big part in my enjoyment of my years at Rutgers.

I'll always remember him at games with that white towel....

 

[knight82]

Brought Rutgers to the Final Four. Never had a losing season. A legend at RU. RIP Tom

 

[pigmasty83]

RIP coach. Thanks for the many great memories

 

[ru66]

Very sad news.

 

[rufancoe00]

RIP Coach Young

 

[Plum Street]

He looked great in the BTN documentary on the 1976 team

 

[BigEastPhil]

RIP. He was before my time rooting for Rutgers but everything that I have read on Tom Young as a person and as a coach personafies a man of great class and integrity.

As an aside, he still remained bitter and perplexed about how Rutgers turned down the Big East invite - which was the main reason why he left Rutgers

 

[rutger80]

RIP Coach. A class act.

 

[RUPete]

He looked great in the BTN documentary on the 1976 team

His comments about Phil in that were priceless. Also Phil’s comments: “I don’t know if I was a player who shouldn’t have been coaching or a coach who shouldn’t have been playing.”

 

[LotusAggressor_rivals]

One of greatest to do it at RU. RIP.

 

[rureadyforsomefootball]

I remember that 1976 year like it was yesterday. Undefeated football and basketball regular seasons. It doesn't get any better than that for a school. Coach Young was great for the University and putting it on the national sports map.