University of Oklahoma Athletics

NORMAN -Vice-president and athletics director of the Oklahoma University, Joe Castiglione, announced on Monday that or hired the former Sooners All-American and Quadruple All-Star NBA All-Star Young as deputy director of male basketball. Castiglione also announced that Young is committed to donating $ 1 million to support the championship efforts of this program.

As deputy director general, the 26 -year -old – who attended Norman North high school and was appointed first of the year All -American and National of the year for the Sooners of the 2017-2018 season when he became the first player in the history of Division I of the NCAA to lead the country in points per game (27.4) and assistance per game (8.7) – will help with students and strategic employees, strategic employees and strategic employees and the planning of strategic students, and planning strategic food, and will serve a critical role in the personnel of or the management of strategic employees, and the planning of strategic ignition, and will serve a critical role in the personnel of or the planning of strategic cases of the ou-all place and maximize their potential.

“Trae is a son of Norman, Oklahoma, and he gave so much to our city and his people,” said Castiglione. “It has a strong affinity for this place and its commitment to guarantee that our community is prosperous is really unequaled. It is also a legend of or which, in its time here and since then, continues to achieve excellence at the same time and outside the field. With this meeting, we are making its commitment to Norman and at or at the next level, dedicating our incredible support for the success of our basketball program. innovative to strengthen our program.

Young’s responsibilities will include assistance in the evaluation of high school and transfer prospects, as well as to help negotiate the contracts of players in accordance with the NCAA rules and the conference and the budget on the team’s income. It will also help university fund collection initiatives to help develop the support of the male basketball program.

“As a person who grew up in Norman and played at the University of Oklahoma, entering the role of assistant GM for UO basketball is an immense honor,” said Young. “This program has such a rich story, of which I am lucky to have been and to continue to be a part. In my new role, I focus on the contribution of the winning culture of or, working alongside coaches and the front office to bring the right players to help us compete and succeed at the highest level.”

Or male basketball coach Carrier expressed his gratitude for the financial gift and the strong enthusiasm for hiring.

“It’s a great day and incredibly exciting,” said Moser. “First of all, just a huge thank you to Trae for the gift of a million dollars to our program. What incredibly graceful offer. It will be used effective while we will continue our path to lasting success. We are extremely grateful to the generous contribution.

“Secondly, the addition of trae as deputy director general will pay significant dividends for our program on several levels. He is a basketball drug addict in many respects. He is obviously one of the youngest and most recognizable talents on the field in the world, so he brings immediate credibility with young players. But I can tell you that Trae also pays special attention to national programming and is made up of all levels of sport.

The 11th consensus All-American, a program for young people from Oklahoma, program records for young sets, conferences and NCAA throughout its prolific season with the Sooners. His average score of 27.4 is still the highest ever recorded by a conference player or Big 12. His 8.7 assists per game that year still represents the standard of the season in a single season, and his 22 documents against the North West State on December 19, 2017, equaled the NCAA record for most of the assists in a match (the assists were followed for the first time 1983-1984).

The overall choice n ° 5 of the 2018 NBA draft, Young has the first -year records of Oklahoma for the points (876), the decisive passes (279) and the 3 points (118). He is the record holder in an average season on average (27.4), on average assistance (8.7) and in frank brands (236). Its 876 points in total are the fourth most in one season by a earlier, dragging only Wayman Tisdale (932 in 1984-85 and 919 in 1983-1984) and Buddy Hield (925 in 2015-16).

The seventh year Atlanta Hawk was a selection of the NBA stars in 2020, ’22, ’24 and ’25, was appointed to the League All-Rookie team in 2018-2019 and won the honors of the third all-NBA team in 2021-2022. He has a career averages of 25.3 points, 9.8 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.0 flights per game and is the leader of all time of Hawks in goals on the field at 3 points (1,253). He led the NBA with 2,155 points and with 737 assists in 2021-222. He punctuated the league in assists in 2022-2010 and starts again this season.

Last Thursday, Young became the youngest player in NBA history to record 12,000 career points and 4,500 assists.