Alex Young – Men’s Basketball Coach

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Alex

Young

• Title

  Assistant Coach

• Email

  [email protected]

• Phone

  (949) 824 – 3234

Alex Young enters his fourth year on the men’s basketball staff in 2021-22.He was promoted to an assistant coach in June 2020. He served his first year as video coordinator before serving as the director of analytics and recruiting in 2019-20.

In 2019-20, Young helped the Anteaters win their second-straight Big West regular season title outright. 

He helped lead UCI to a record-breaking 2018-19 season as the Anteaters broke school records in overall wins (31), longest winning streak (17 games) and tied a program best 15-1 mark in Big West play. The Anteaters earned their second Big West Conference Tournament title and second NCAA Tournament appearance. UCI won its first-ever NCAA Tournament game defeating fourth-seeded Kansas State 70-64. He also guided Jonathan Galloway to become the Big West’s first-ever three time Defensive Player of the Year recipient.

Young previously coached locally at the club basketball level for two seasons. He graduated from UCI in 2016 with a degree in sociology and was a three-year captain and four-year member of the UCI men’s basketball team.

Young was a part of the 2015 squad that advanced to the NCAA Championships and holds the  program record for wins and career assists. He is also the only player in program history to record 1,000 career points, 500 assists and 500 rebounds. 

Young is married to his wife Hannah, a former UCI women’s water polo player and 2014 Big West Tournament MVP. They welcomed the birth of their daughter, Faith, in 2021.