Report: Florida State assistant coach hired by Missouri

The longtime assistant is joining a familiar face at Missouri.

Austin Veazey | Apr 7, 2022

Florida State's Charlton Young, who has been an assistant coach with FSU Men's Basketball since 2013, has been hired by Missouri to be their Associate Head Coach, joining Dennis Gates, another former FSU assistant, who is now head coach.

According to Jon Rothstein, the deal is worth $1.8 million over three years.

Sources: Missouri's Dennis Gates will hire Florida State's Charlton Young as Associate Head Coach.

Deal is for three years and in excess of $1.8 million dollars in total.

A significant hire by Gates.

Gates and Young worked together at Florida State.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 7, 2022

Young has been one of the best recruiters and talent evaluators in college basketball over the last decade, being the lead recruiter for Dwayne Bacon, Terance Mann, Matthew Cleveland, MJ Walker, and was credited for finding the diamond in the rough of Devin Vassell. To say this is a huge loss for the program is massively understating it.

Having been around the program for three years, CY was the most energetic coach I have ever been around, and was the backbone of the phrase "New Blood," as well as other monikers used by the team like "Terrordome" and "Jurassic Park." This is someone who genuinely cares about every player, trainer, manager, etc in the building.

FSU will likely try to bump up Coach Steve Smith, but he was on staff because of his connections with Coach Young from their Georgia Southern days. How FSU fills Young's spot, and how current players react, is going to be very interesting to keep an eye on.

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Published Apr 7, 2022

AUSTIN VEAZEY

Lead basketball writer; Former FSU Men's Basketball Manager from 2016-2019