Franklin Louis Young (born September 7, 1984) is an American college basketball coach and retired player, currently an assistant at Appalachian State.
Young played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers and professionally in several European leagues.
Young was also selected to Florida Sports Writers Association's Class 2A all-state squad.
One of Young's best games of the year came against Coppin State, when he scored four points and grabbed four rebounds.
Young's best offensive performance of the regular season came against Providence, when he scored 11 points off of 3–4 three-point shots.
Young started his first game of the season against Boston College in the Big East tournament, when he scored a then career-best 14 points, 3–5 of those shots from three-point range.
As a junior in 2005, Young was backup to a prestigious class of seniors, including Kevin Pittsnogle and Mike Gansey.
Against Washington & Jefferson, Young scored seven points while grabbing six rebounds for his best performance of his season so far.
In the Big East tournament championship game, Young grabbed a team-high five rebounds against Pittsburgh.
In the semifinal game against Mississippi State, won by a Darris Nichols' three-point buzzer-beater 63–62, Young scored 16 points, second on the team, and grabbed 6 rebounds.
Two days later, when the Mountaineers won the NIT Championship against Clemson 78–73, Young led the team in one of his best performances with 24 points on just 10 shots from the field and 5 rebounds.
Young broke the team-record for most three-points in a season in the NC State game in the NIT Tournament of Young's 06–07 season, breaking Chris Leonard's record of 101 treys with his 107 treys after the NC State game.
After stints on the West Virginia Wesleyan and North Florida staffs, Young accepted an assistant coach role at Presbyterian in June, 2017.