Frank Young

Franklin Louis Young (born September 7, 1984) is an American college basketball coach and retired player, currently an assistant at Appalachian State.

Young played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers and professionally in several European leagues.

Young was commonly referred to as "Frank The Tank" by West Virginia fans.

Franklin Louis Young was born to Frank B. Young, Jr. and Hattie Mary Young in Tallahassee, Florida.

While he excelled as a football quarterback and baseball pitcher in middle school, Young decided to focus exclusively on basketball, where he became a starter on the varsity team at Florida High School as a freshman.

As a senior, Young was ranked #164 prospect by Hoop Scoop and was one of the Top 250 prospect by Prep Stars.

Young entered West Virginia University during the 2003 campaign.

Young played 21 games as a freshman, but only averaged 1.1 points and 1 rebound.

Young's best game was when he scored six points against Maryland on two three-point shots.

He also scored five points against Kent State in the NIT Tournament.

21 of Young's 23 points actually came on three-pointers.

Young competed in the 2004 European tour, where he averaged 7.0 points and 3.2 rebounds.

In the last game of the tour, Young scored 21 points against Germany.

In Young's sophomore campaign of 2004, he played in 32 games, starting three of the contests.

Young only averaged 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds though.

His season total of points was 105 though, as he played behind a talented roster of young stars.

One of Young's best games of the year came against Coppin State, when he scored four points and grabbed four rebounds.

Young's best offensive performance of the regular season came against Providence, when he scored 11 points off of 3-4 three-point shots.

Young started his first game of the season against Boston College in the Big East tournament, when he scored a then career-best 14 points, 3-5 of those shots from three-point range.

He also started against Villanova in the tourney and against Syracuse in the tourney finals.

In the NCAA tournament, his best performance came in the first game against Creighton when he scored eight points.

As a junior in 2005, Young was backup to a prestigious class of seniors, including Kevin Pittsnogle and Mike Gansey.

But still, Young started 32 of 33 games played, averaging 7.4 points and 3.5 rebounds.

He also dished out 66 assists and shot 40.8 percent from the field.

Against Washington & Jefferson, Young scored seven points while grabbing six rebounds for his best performance of his season so far.

He then matched his career-high of 14 points against Oklahoma a few games later.

Against the UCLA squad, Young scored eight points with five rebounds in the upset win.

In the Big East tournament championship game, Young grabbed a team-high five rebounds against Pittsburgh.

In the NCAA Tourney, Young played fair during the three games.

The Mountaineers tourney hopes ended when Texas ended their run on a game-winning three-point shot.

In the loss, Young only scored three points.

In Young's final season of 2006–07, Young posted his best performance yet.

With the very young and depleted Mountaineer squad, Young averaged 14.7 points per game and 4.3 rebounds.

Young set a career-high of points in the fourth game of the season with 21 points against Montana.

Then three games later against North Carolina State, Young scored 16 points with 7 rebounds.

The very next game against Duquesne, Young scored 18, followed by 16 points at Savannah State.

Bob Gibbons also ranked Young as the 160th best recruit.

Young averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds as a junior, but his best season was his senior year.

As a senior, he averaged 22.3 points and 10.1 rebounds while being named the Tallahassee Democrat all-Big Bend Player of the Year and 2A Florida State Player of the Year runner-up.

Young was also selected to Florida Sports Writers Association's Class 2A all-state squad.