Missouri basketball coach Dennis Gates, left, and associate head coach Charlton Young hold a press conference Friday, April 8, 2022 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. Young was introduced as Gates' first assistant coach after he spent the last nine years as an assistant at Florida State.
Dave MatterCOLUMBIA, Mo. — Coming home to coach your alma mater doesn’t always work as planned. Just ask Mizzou alums Kim Anderson and Barry Odom.
Charlton Young, one of the most decorated basketball players in Georgia Southern history, learned that truth the hard way. As head coach at Georgia Southern from 2009-13, he won just 34% of his games.