| Ralph Young | |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1946 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | c. 1967 |
| Player Team2: | Parsons |
| Player Positions: | Linebacker |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1970 |
| Coach Team2: | South Dakota (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1971–1972 |
| Coach Team3: | Southwest State |
| Coach Years4: | 1979–1983 |
| Coach Team4: | Illinois Benedictine |
| Coach Years5: | 1984 |
| Coach Team5: | Southeast Missouri State (OL) |
| Coach Years6: | 1989–1992 |
| Coach Team6: | Southern Illinois (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1993 |
| Coach Team7: | William Penn |
| Coach Years8: | 1996–1998 |
| Coach Team8: | Westminster (MO) |
| Coach Years9: | 1999–2001 |
| Coach Team9: | Oklahoma Panhandle State |
| Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
| Coach Years11: | 1971 |
| Coach Team11: | South Dakota |
| Overall Record: | 44–96 (college football) 5–23 (college baseball) |
Ralph Young (born May 4, 1946) is an American former college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Minnesota State College—now known as Southwest Minnesota State University—from 1971 to 1972, at Illinois Benedictine College—now known as Benedictine University—from 1979 to 1983, at William Penn College in 1993, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri from 1996 to 1998, and at Oklahoma Panhandle State University from 1999 to 2001, compiling a career college football heading coaching record of 44–96. Young was also the head baseball coach at the University of South Dakota for one season, in 1971, tallying a mark of 5–23.
Young was born in Clearwater, Florida. He went to Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, and played as a linebacker for the Parsons Wildcats under coach Marcelino Huerta.[1]