06/09/2026
☘️⚾️Young named new DHS baseball, softball coach 🥎☘️
The sound of road noise was mildly audible as Brian Young picked up the phone.
The former LeMoyne-Owen College head baseball coach was a little more than halfway between Macon and Savannah on I-16 West, with an eventual destination not nearly as northerly or westerly as his former post in Memphis, Tenn.
It was a similar trip to Savannah—one where his Magicians claimed a win over Savannah State, helping LOC to back-to-back school-record seasons with 16 wins in 2025 and 17 wins in 2026—that afforded him the chance to visit his elderly parents and plant a seed that would grow into Young being named Dublin’s new head softball and baseball coach Monday night.
“My parents are older,” Young said, “and the thought of being able to be close enough to help out on the weekends or just be there for them was important.”
So it came as an answered prayer of sorts for Young when he saw the Dublin job posting online. He was so excited that he told District Athletic Director Roger Holmes he was ready to interview immediately.
“When I heard the Dublin job had come open, I thought it was too good to be true,” Young said. “I called Coach Holmes, fully expecting they already had it filled, but found out they were still interviewing.
“I was so excited that I told him I was ready to interview right then and there if he wanted to.”
The feeling was mutual.
“I was really excited when I heard Coach Young say he was interested in joining the Irish,” Holmes said. “He has a proven track record, not just on the field but also in helping kids get placed at the next level and succeed in life.”
Young is no stranger to building a program. When he started at LeMoyne-Owen—a Historically Black College and University (HBCU)—he inherited a roster of four eligible players. By the end of last season, he had grown that total to 35, including six All-SIAC Conference players.
The Magicians weren’t an outlier, either.
While at Rossville Christian Academy, Young helped that school improve from four wins to a school-record 17-win season in 2023, followed by a 19-win record-setting campaign in 2024. Prior to that, he helped LaFayette Ware High School to a 17-2 record in 2021 and the first FCA Diamond Challenge Tournament championship in school history.
During his coaching career, Young has helped more than 30 student-athletes earn baseball scholarships and has coached four players who went on to play professionally.
At the core of all that success, Young said, are strong relationships among coaches, players, and the community.
“Success is about more than wins and losses. It’s about helping young people grow into confident, responsible adults,” Young said. “Relationships matter. I want us to be visible in the community, support other programs, and be team players for the entire school. Everything starts with building a positive, winning culture from the youngest players all the way through the senior class.
“My vision is to build a positive, championship-caliber culture that develops student-athletes, strengthens our programs from the ground up, and makes the entire Dublin community proud.”
Principal Dr. Michael Overstreet said he can’t wait for Young to start working with the young men and women on the baseball and softball diamonds.
“Young arrives in Dublin with a track record of transforming programs, developing college and professional players, setting school records at both the high school and collegiate levels, and building sustainable cultures centered on discipline, accountability, and positive energy,” Overstreet said. “This is precisely the type of achievement and success we look for in our leaders, and the kind that will inspire our student-athletes. Go Irish!”
“I consider it a blessing to be a coach,” Young said, “and to have the opportunity to make a positive and lasting impact on young people’s lives.”
