Dr. Mike Young is the Senior Director of Performance & Science for the North Carolina Courage and the owner of Athletic Lab sports performance training center. He has a PhD in biomechanics, an MSS in Coaching Science and a BS in Exercise Physiology. He is recognized as a CSCSD and RSCCD by the NSCA and a Level 2 coach by USAW. Mike has coached on 6 NCAA track & field championship teams and has served as the sport coach for six Olympic or World Championship competitors. Additionally, he’s coached over a dozen athletes to international status in bobsleigh, weightlifting and skeleton. In team sports, Young has been the Performance Director for 4 professional soccer clubs that have won a total of 9 championships and is a regular consultant for some of the top sports teams and Academies in the world including 4 World Cup Rugby teams and 3 Premier League Soccer clubs. He has a decade of experience preparing athletes for the NFL combine and is the private coach for over a dozen NBA players. Mike has written contributed to coaching education curriculums for USATF, USTFCCCA, the Athletic Lab Coaching Academy and LTAD Network. He has given keynote lectures for the ASCA, NSCA and UKSCA as well as 2 TEDx talks and lectured in 25 countries.
