| Tom Young | |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1907 |
| Death Place: | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1926–1927 |
| Player Team2: | North Carolina |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1925–1928 |
| Player Team4: | North Carolina |
| Player Positions: | Halfback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | ? |
| Coach Team2: | Lexington HS (NC) |
| Coach Years3: | 1943 |
| Coach Team3: | North Carolina |
| Coach Years4: | 1946–1955 |
| Coach Team4: | Western Carolina |
| Admin Years1: | 1946–1969 |
| Admin Team1: | Western Carolina |
| Overall Record: | 44–59–4 (college) |
| Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
| Championships: | 1 North State (1949) |
Thomas Bayard Young Jr. (June 8, 1907 – March 12, 1973) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1943 and at Western Carolina University from 1946 to 1955, compiling a career college football record of 44–59–4. Young was also the athletic director at Western Carolina from 1946 until his retirement in 1969.
Young was a native of Monroe, North Carolina.[1] He played college football at North Carolina in 1926 and 1927, where he was an all-Southern Conference halfback. Young died at the age of 65 on March 12, 1973, at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[2]