Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers

Taylor Young enters his third year as an athletic trainer for Endurance Physical Therapy an Athletico Company, and Northwest Mississippi Community College. 

A native of Greenwood, Young arrived at Endurance and Northwest after spending seven years as an athletic trainer at Mississippi Delta Community College. After serving as an assistant trainer during his first two years in Moorhead, Young was promoted to the head athletic trainer role and remained in that role for five years, serving football, men's basketball, women's basketball, softball and baseball.

Young graduated from Pillow Academy in 2009 and played baseball at MDCC, where he was also a member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. He was also named Mr. MDCC in 2011.

After departing MDCC with his associate's degree, Young moved on to Delta State, where he finished with his bachelor's degree in athletic training in 2014 and later earned his master's degree in Sport and Human Performance in 2016, with an emphasis in Sports Management.

While working on his undergrad, Young also interned with the University of Memphis, where he covered football and track and field. He is currently a member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and Mississippi Athletic Trainers' Association.