Bill Yung

Bill Yung

Biographical details
Born	1934
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1969–1971	Grand Prairie HS (TX)
1972–1973	Baylor (OL)
1974–1976	Baylor (OC)
1977–1981	West Texas State
1982–1985	UTEP
Head coaching record
Overall	33–66–2 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MVC (1977, 1979)

Bill Yung (born 1934) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at West Texas State University—now West Texas A&M University—from 1977 to 1981 and at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 1982 to 1985, compiling a career college football record of 33–66–2.

Coaching career

After three seasons as head coach at Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie, Texas, Yung became an assistant under Grant Teaff at Baylor University. Prior to the 1974 season he was appointed to offensive coordinator. From 1977 to 1981, he served as the head football coach at West Texas A&M University. During that tenure, he compiled a 26–27–2 record.

From 1982 to 1985, he coached at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) with a record of 7–39. His overall college football coaching record was 33–66–2. His offensive coordinator at UTEP was Hal Mumme, a pioneer of the passing game. Mumme had also served as Yung's offensive backfield coach at West Texas.

After coaching, Yung became vice president of a disability insurance company.^[1]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
West Texas State Buffaloes (Missouri Valley Conference) (1977–1981)
1977	West Texas State	6–4–1	5–1	1st
1978	West Texas State	3–8	1–5	7th
1979	West Texas State	5–5–1	5–0	1st
1980	West Texas State	5–6	2–4	5th
1981	West Texas State	7–4	3–3	T–4th
West Texas A&M:		26–27–2	16–13
UTEP Miners (Western Athletic Conference) (1982–1985)
1982	UTEP	2–10	1–6	9th
1983	UTEP	2–10	0–8	9th
1984	UTEP	2–9	1–7	T–8th
1985	UTEP	1–10	1–7	9th
UTEP:		7–39	3–28
Total:		33–66–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "20 Jul 1987, 18 - El Paso Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved September 10, 2021.