Coaches
Gwyn Young
Athletic Director/Women's Head Basketball Coach
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Serving the college as athletic director since 1989, Gwyn Young has been head coach of the Lady Wolves basketball team for 35 years. Since coming to Co-Lin, he has seen his team win title after title and has compiled a record of 775 wins and 226 losses to rank him as the NJCAA Second Winningest Active Coach in the nation and the Winningest Women’s Coach in the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges.
Coach Young has put the Lady Wolves on the map as one of the nation’s most premier women’s basketball teams. Under Coach Young’s direction, the Lady Wolves have accomplished numerous awards including 22 MACJC Regular Season 1st place finishes, 16 MACJC South Division Championships, 21 MACJC State Tournament Appearances, six MACJC State Championships (1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2011) and been runner-up to the MACJC State Champions seven times (1983, 1984, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010). The Lady Wolves have won seven NJCAA Region XXIII Championships (1989, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2010, and 2011), been runner-up to the NJCAA Region XXIII Champions nine times (1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2010), and made six NJCAA National Tournament appearances (1989, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2010 and 2011). Coach Young’s team finished the regular season with 27-4 record, 11th place finish in the final regular season NJCAA Poll and 6th in the 2011 National Tournament. Coach Young’s teams have finished, 7th in the 2010 National Tournament, 6th in the 2007 National Tournament, 4th in the 1989 National Tournament, and has been consistently ranked each year by the NJCAA Polls.
Coach Young was named Region XXIII Coach of the Year in 1989, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011 and MACJC and MAC Coach of the Year in 1993, 2001, 2007, 2010 and 2011. The Clarion-Ledger has also recognized him as Coach of the Year for Junior College on numerous occasions.
A graduate of Copiah-Lincoln where he was a standout for the Wolves basketball team, Young was inducted into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. After graduation from Co-Lin, he attended Mississippi College where he was team MVP and a team captain. Young received his bachelor’s degree from Mississippi College and master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi.
He is married to the former Velesta Smith. They have two grown children Lane and Jessica and four grandchildren, Mailey Kate Young, Justin, Mary Gwyn, and Grant Young Hynum.
Cliff Furr
Assistant Basketball Coach
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A graduate of Brookhaven Academy and Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Furr received his bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in coaching and sports administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. He received his master’s degree from William Carey University in 2008.
Furr spent two years at Brookhaven High School as an assistant to head basketball coach Ronald Hines. He also taught junior and senior level English classes.
Furr and his wife, Angela, are the parents of a daughter, Amelia, and are expecting their second child in the spring of 2012. The Furrs reside in Brookhaven and are members of Heucks Retreat Baptist Church.
