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Coach Youngs begins his sixth season at the helm of the Panther women's basketball program. Under his guidance, the Panthers have a record of 111 wins and 40 losses, including a 54-13 record over the past two seasons. During Youngs' tenure, Davenport has achieved as much off the court as they have on the court. They were the 2006 WBCA National Grade Point Average Champions posting a team GPA of 3.613. They followed that up with a fifth place finish in 2007 with a team GPA of 3.551. Coach Youngs was named the 2006 WHAC Coach of the Year after leading the Panthers to their first regular-season conference title. He was also a finalist for the regional coach of the year. Coach Youngs on Davenport: "Davenport University has allowed me to have full control over how I feel a college basketball program should be run. They have always provided my teams with what they have needed to be successful. The support that the school has given our athletic programs is un-matched at our level of competition." Coach Youngs on his players: "First of all, great people and great players make great coaches. I think that the people that we have in our program are some of the nation's elite student athletes. They are goal-oriented, hard-working young women who have a passion for the game of basketball as well as the game of life. You cannot help but to be successful when surrounded with these types of athletes." Coach Youngs on his philosophy: "I feel to be successful, you have to out-recruit your competition. Once that is accomplished, you have to make sure you adapt what you run to your personnel. We are a difficult team to guard because we always have five girls on the floor that can score from both the perimeter and around the basket. We attempt a lot of three point shots and we create a lot of mismatches. We like to attack both offensively and defensively for forty minutes." |
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