St. Edward's University Athletics

Brian Young joined the Hilltop in 2004 as the third head coach of the St. Edward’s men’s soccer program and returned when St. Edward’s revived the program after a brief hiatus. 
 
Young is the program’s all-time leader in career wins, surpassing Mike Smith during the 2024 season. He is also the all-time leader in career win percentage, conference wins, and conference win percentage. In the reinstated program’s second year, he guided the Hilltoppers to the Lone Star Conference semifinals, earning his first Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year Award. 
 
In addition to being the most successful head coach in program history, Young had one of the most storied careers in the Heartland Conference, which inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2019. 
 
Young’s Hilltoppers accumulated five regular-season conference titles and four consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, posting back-to-back undefeated conference seasons in 2014 and 2015 and winning 21 consecutive conference matches from 2013 to 2016. St. Edward’s won the Heartland Conference Championships in 2014, 2015, and 2016, and Young was awarded the Austin Soccer Foundation Lifetime Achievement award in 2016. He was named the Heartland Conference Coach of the Year in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. 
 
The 2016 season was the best in program history. The team set a school single-season record of 18 wins, including a Heartland Conference record of 11 conference wins. St. Edward’s climbed as high as No. 3 in the nation and finished ranked No. 10, setting a program record with five players claiming six All-American honors and reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 for the second time. St. Edward’s posted the nation’s best goals-against average for a second consecutive year, following 14 shutouts in 2015 with 15 clean sheets in 2016. Young and his coaching staff were awarded the 2016 NSCAA South Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
Young earned his 150th career win in 2017, defeating St. Mary’s 6-1 in the Heartland Conference semifinals. St. Edward’s matched its conference-record 11 conference wins and earned its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth. 
 
During his St. Ed’s tenure, Young has overseen 18 All-American selections, seven Academic All-American selections, 74 All-Region selections, 104 All-Conference selections, six Conference MVPs, seven Conference Defensive Player of the Year awards, and one Academic Player of the Year. Young also led the Hilltoppers to 12 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Awards. 
 
Four of Young’s players have reached the professional ranks. Josh Tayler signed with Sutton United FC of the English National League in 2017. Andy Fox joined Peterborough United of England’s League One in 2015. Daniel Riley signed a professional contract with Swedish team Enebybergis IF in 2015, and Sean Arters played for the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League. 
 
Young has served on several national and regional boards during his coaching career, including the NCAA Regional Selection Committee from 2005-2011, the NSCAA/United Soccer Coaches DII Men’s Soccer National Ranking Committee, the chair for the Heartland Men’s Soccer Coaches from 2004-2016, and the Lone Star Conference’s NCAA DII Coaches Connection representative. 
 
Before St. Edward’s, Young was the assistant men’s soccer coach at Brown University, helping the team to four Ivy League Championships and NCAA DI Tournament appearances, including Sweet 16 and Elite 8 appearances, behind a dominant defense that allowed only two goals in conference play in 1998, leading to Brown’s first undefeated conference season since 1976. During Young’s time at Brown, the Bears posted a 61-35-10 record, including 28-8-5 in the Ivy League with five All-Americans and 11 players selected in the Major League Soccer Superdraft or signed to MLS contracts. 
 
Young began his college coaching career as an assistant for Bates College, helping the team to the East College Athletic Conference Tournament and the Bowdoin, Bates, and Colby (BBC) Title. 
 
His other coaching experience includes coaching the 1990 Boys Olympic Development Program for South Texas Youth Soccer and United States Soccer Federation (USSF) Academy scout for the United States Youth Soccer National Teams. He was also the co-founder, technical director, and head coach of Bruno United Futbol Club from 2002 to 2003. He was also the head coach and director of player development for the Lake Travis Soccer Club in Austin, where he led his (U14) team to the 2003 state finals. He holds an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and the USSF “A” License. 
 
Young played collegiate soccer at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, helping the Wildcats to a school-record 15-5-2 record in 1994. He played 11 matches against top-20 teams, capturing the program’s first North Atlantic Conference regular-season title and NCAA DI Men’s Soccer Tournament berth and earning All-North Atlantic Conference Tournament honors in 1993 and 1994. After college, he played professionally with the Cape Cod Crusaders Soccer Club in the United States Interregional Soccer League from 1995 to 1997. 
 

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