LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA. (October 23, 2008) – Lincoln University of Pennsylvania has named Kyle Adams as assistant men's basketball coach and Bobby J. Young as assistant track and field coach.
Adams comes to Lincoln after spending the last year and a half working as the assistant basketball coach, counselor and advisor at Hope Charter High School.
“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to serve Lincoln University,” said Adams. “The institution has such a vast history of academic and athletic success in preparing students for life.”
Adams gained some coaching experience working as the assistant coach at Cheyney University (1999-2000), the Community College of Philadelphia (2000-02), Plattsburg State University (2003-04), Eastern University (2004-05) and also at Girard College during the 2006-07 season. Adams will be assisting with scheduling, recruiting, academic support and working with summer camps.
Meanwhile, Young was one of the greatest student-athletes in NCAA Division III history. A 22-time All-American, Young is a three-time 400-meter dash outdoor national champion. He earned All-American honors in the 200, 400, 4 x 100, 4 x 200 and 4 x 400. Young was the first student-athlete in Lincoln's history to be featured in Sports Illustrated.
He was spotlighted in the “Faces in the Crowd” section after being named the 2005 Most Outstanding Male Athlete following the NCAA Division III national championships. Young was a member of the Lions' 2005 outdoor and 2007 indoor national championship teams. Young is also a member of the school record 4 x 400 meter indoor and outdoor team.
Young was named the Gatorade “Athlete of the Year” following the 2003-04 year. Young has traveled overseas and competed to become a 2005 World qualifier in Helsinki, Finland. He competed in the 24th FISU Bangkok University Games in Bangkok, Thailand in 2007 and was a participant in the All African Games in South Africa in 2006.
“I have a lot of experience to bring to the program,” said Young. “Having observed coach Cyrus Jones' winning philosophy and I believe that can translate into my ability to work with our student-athletes. I have seen what it takes to be a leader and what it takes to get to a certain level of competition.”
Founded in 1854, Lincoln University is the first historically black institution of higher education and its graduates include such luminaries as Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court, and acclaimed poet and author Langston Hughes. Lincoln University is nationally regarded for producing African Americans with undergraduate degrees in the physical sciences.
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