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Dr. James W. Younge Tennis Courts
Dr. James W. Younge Tennis Courts
Home of the NCCU Men's and Women's Tennis Teams
The late Dr. James W. Younge was the tennis coach at North Carolina College and North Carolina Central University from 1950 to 1975. In those 25 years, the Eagles won five CIAA championships, four MEAC championships, two NAIA District 26 championships, and one NCAA Eastern Regional championship. Dr. Younge was named Coach of the Year in the CIAA in 1959, in the NAIA in 1970 and 1971, and by the MEAC in 1975.
Dr. Younge had been professor of physical education, served as director of athletics at NCCU from 1959 to 1975, and served as chairman of the physical education department from 1967 to 1968. He also served as Commissioner of the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference (MEAC) from 1975 to1978; Interim President of Livingstone College, Salisbury, N.C. from 1982 to 1983, inducted into the NCCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984, the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference (MEAC) Hall of Fame in 1986, and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Hall of Fame in 1987. At the time of his passing in 1993, Dr. Younge was a Professor Emeritus of the University.
