Young Joins Staff As Assistant Strength Coach

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Ervin Young was named assistant strength coach for the Miami Hurricanes football program on Friday.

Young arrives in Miami after spending the previous two seasons on the Missouri Tigers’ strength & conditioning staff, most recently as the associate director of football athletic performance.

“I’m extremely excited to be blessed with the opportunity to join Coach Aaron Feld’s staff as a Hurricane,” Young said. “It’s all about The U!”

Prior to his time with the Tigers, Young also worked as an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Vanderbilt (2019-20) and an assistant director of strength & conditioning at the University of Kansas (2014-19).

Young graduated from Cumberland University, where he played running back for the Phoenix, in 2011. He went on to earn his master’s degree in sport exercise pedagogy from Cumberland in 2014.

Young is a certified strength & conditioning coach by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa) and is also a certified strength & conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).