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Coach Young is the Director of Tennis and Head Coach of the Women's Tennis Team at Oklahoma State University.

In his eleven years at the helm of the Oklahoma State women’s tennis program, head coach Chris Young has transformed OSU into a national tennis power.

A native of Norman, Okla., Young has compiled a career record of 382-179, directing the OSU women and the men’s and women’s programs at both Wichita State and his alma mater, Oklahoma Christian. Young now holds a 193-85 record with the Cowgirls.

After spending five years as the Wichita State Director of Tennis, Young returned nine seasons ago to his home state where he competed as a collegian and began his coaching career.

During his time in Stillwater, Young has led the Cowgirls to unprecedented success, as shown by the team’s eight-straight trips to the NCAA tournament, four trips to the NCAA Sweet 16 in the last five years, two Big 12 regular season titles in the last three years, and a national runner-up finish to the 2016 season.

During Young’s 11 years at Oklahoma State, he has overseen 30 Academic All-Big 12 selections, two ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award Recipients, seven All-American selections, seven ITA Central Regional Champions, three ITA Rookie of the Year regional selections, two ITA Central Region Senior Players of the Year, a Big 12 Freshman of the Year, the 2015 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and 2015 Big 12 Player of the Year. Under Young, the Cowgirls have racked up five-straight seasons of 20 wins or more.

Young was also instrumental in the fundraising and design of the state-of-the-art Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center that would push OSU and Stillwater to the forefront of college tennis. Since the grand opening in 2014, both the OSU men’s and women’s programs have experienced exponential growth, and the facility has hosted several major events, including the 2014 ITA Central Region Championships and the 2016 Big 12 Championships. It is also set to host the ITA Indoor National Championships.

In 2020 the Cowgirls went 11-1 showing promise of another NCAA Tournament run, before the season was cut short due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Young added coaching two more All-Americans to his resume, Lisa Marie Rioux and Ayumi Miyamoto.

In 2019, Young’s Cowgirls posted a 21-8 overall record and hosted the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the fifth-straight season. The Pokes finished second in the Big 12 for the second year in a row thanks to an 8-1 record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the eighth-straight year.

In 2018, Young’s Cowgirls posted a 20-5 overall record. Despite only returning three letterwinners from a season prior, the Pokes finished second in a stacked Big 12 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh-straight year.

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