WOFFORD'S MIKE YOUNG RECEIVES 2010 DURHAM AWARD
April 2, 2010


Mike Young wins the 2010 Durham Award.INDIANAPOLIS (IN) -- Slow and steady wins the race, such is the case with Wofford head coach Mike Young. In his eighth season on the job he claimed the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament bid by leading the Terriers to both the Southern Conference regular season and tournament championships.

For his accomplishments Young has been named the recipient of the 2010 Hugh Durham Award. The award, which is voted on by a 20-member selection panel that includes current and former head coaches and is chaired by Hugh Durham, is presented annually at the Final Four to the top mid-major coach in the country.

Young’s team got stronger as the season progressed, going 18-2 during this calendar year en route to a 26-9 overall record. That record is the best in school history, as are the 15 wins in Southern Conference play. Playing against a schedule that included the likes of Pittsburgh, Michigan State, Illinois and South Carolina, Wofford’s average losing margin was an extremely respectable 5.6 points per contest.

The other finalists were Randy Bennett (St. Mary’s), Tad Boyle (Northern Colorado), Todd Bozeman (Morgan State), Steve Donahue (Cornell), Cliff Ellis (Coastal Carolina), Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Billy Kennedy (Murray State), Bob Marlin (Sam Houston State), Fran McCaffery (Siena), Randy Rahe (Weber State), Tony Shaver (William & Mary), Brad Stevens (Butler) and Blaine Taylor (Old Dominion).

In 2005 the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Coach of the Year award was renamed in honor of Hugh Durham, the coaching legend who had retired at the end of the 2004-05 season. Durham is one of just 12 coaches to have led two different programs to the NCAA Final Four (Florida State in 1972 and Georgia in 1983). He is the only coach among that group to have led both schools to their lone Final Four appearance.

The previous winners of the award were Bozeman last season, Keno Davis (Drake) in 2008, Gregg Marshall (Winthrop) in 2007, Pat Flannery (Bucknell) in 2006 and Bob Thomason (Pacific) in 2005.