Neal Young, Covenant College Men's Basketball Coach

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🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Episode 227

Neal Young was named the head basketball coach at Covenant College (Division III) in August of 2017. Young came to Covenant after spending four years as head coach at Goshen (Ind.) College.

In his first year at Covenant, Young set a program record for wins by a first-year head coach as he guided the Scots to an 18-10 overall record, tying a program record for winning percentage, and a trip to the USA South Tournament championship game. During the year, the Scots went on an eight-game winning streak, the longest in the NCAA era, and won double-digit conference games for the second time in three seasons.

Young had success leading Goshen, an NAIA Division II member. His 2015-16 team recorded its second double-digit victory season in 46 years of Crossroads League basketball. Goshen went 19-13 overall and 10-8 in league play, hosting a CL tournament game for the first time since 2005, and produced an NAIA All-American in the process. This past year, the Maple Leafs toppled No. 1-ranked University of St. Francis for the program's first-ever win over a top-ranked opponent.

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Neal's basketball journey, but even more, his journey to faith in Christ and battling cancer and depression all while continuing to achieve his dream as a college basketball coach. This episode is sure to inspire everyone who listens.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.0	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:20.0	This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Covenant
0:23.2	College men's basketball coach Neil Young is brought to you by Compassion International,
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1:02.3	child today. Today's guest on the podcast is Neil Young.
1:06.5	Neil is the head coach, head men's basketball coach at Covenant College in Georgia.
1:12.5	Covenant College is a Division III school, actually near Chattanooga, Tennessee with a Georgia
1:18.6	address. And this is the beauty of this podcast that I love so much.
1:23.6	Yes, I love talking to people who are big names on the podcast. We recently talked to
1:29.5	Dansby Swanson from the Braves, Benjamin Watson from the Saints, just really big names with
1:36.0	amazing stories to tell. And then there's Neil Young. And when you hear Neil Young, you probably
1:41.2	think of music. And this is not that Neil Young. But
1:45.1	Neil Young, his story is just as important as my story, or your story, or Benjamin Watson's story,
1:52.4	or Danesby Swanson story, or Tim Tebow story, or Tony Dungey's story. Neil Young has a story
1:58.4	to share, and it's a powerful one. He's in his second year now, coaching at Covenant College, and he actually tied the school record for single season winning percentage in his first season last year.
2:10.7	He was a former Goshen College in Indiana basketball coach for four seasons.
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