Ivory “Trey” Young enters his fourth season on the Utah Valley men’s basketball staff and his second as an assistant coach. He spent his first two seasons with the Wolverines as the Director of Player Development before being promoted to assistant coach ahead of the 2025–26 season.
Young has played a key role in Utah Valley’s success during his time on staff, helping the Wolverines to 66 wins over the past three seasons, including back-to-back 25-win campaigns and consecutive outright Western Athletic Conference regular-season championships.
In 2025–26, Young helped guide Utah Valley to a 25-9 overall record and a 14-4 mark in WAC play as the Wolverines captured their second straight outright WAC regular-season championship and fifth conference regular-season title in program history. UVU earned the No. 1 seed in the WAC Tournament, advanced to the championship game for the second consecutive season, and made its second straight appearance in the National Invitation Tournament. The season also marked the first time in program history Utah Valley posted back-to-back 25-win seasons.
Utah Valley ranked among the nation’s best in several statistical categories in 2025–26, finishing sixth nationally in steals per game (9.4), seventh in assists per game (18.5), seventh in turnovers forced per game (15.24), ninth in blocks per game (5.4), 11th in field goal percentage (.501), and 23rd in scoring margin (+11.4). The Wolverines also finished with the highest NCAA NET ranking in the WAC at No. 85 and the league’s top KenPom ranking at No. 91.
The Wolverines rewrote the program record book offensively, setting single-season school records for assists (630), assists per game (18.5), scoring average (80.1 points per game), and field goal percentage (.501). Utah Valley also scored 2,724 points, the second-most in a season in program history.
Young also helped develop a group that produced several standout individual performances. Trevan Leonhardt set the program’s single-season assists record with 205 and finished his UVU career as the program’s all-time leader in steals with 160 and second in career assists with 419. Jackson Holcombe set the program’s single-season steals record with 75 while averaging 16.0 points per game. Leonhardt and Holcombe each earned First Team All-WAC, WAC All-Defensive Team, and WAC All-Tournament Team honors.
Utah Valley was also dominant at home in 2025–26, going 15-0 during the regular season and 15-1 overall at the UCCU Center. The Wolverines posted a 27-1 home record over the 2024–25 and 2025–26 seasons and carried a 27-game home winning streak into the NIT.
In 2024–25, Young helped lead UVU to a 25-9 record, a dominant 15-1 mark in WAC play, and the outright WAC regular-season championship. The Wolverines earned the No. 1 seed in the WAC Tournament, advanced to the championship game for the first time in program history, and earned a berth in the NIT. UVU also went undefeated at home during the regular season for the first time in program history.
In 2023–24, Young helped UVU finish 16-16 overall and tied for fourth in the WAC standings. The Wolverines closed the regular season by winning seven of their final eight games.
Prior to returning to his alma mater, Young spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at VCU under head coach Mike Rhoades. Before that, he began his coaching career as an assistant coach at St. Thomas High School in Houston, Texas.
As a player, the Houston native was a two-year starter for Utah Valley from 2015–17, averaging 7.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game over 58 appearances. He helped lead the Wolverines to their first-ever national postseason wins in the College Basketball Invitational, including a memorable 20-point performance in an 85-79 win at Rice in front of his hometown crowd. Young quickly became a fan favorite during his time in Orem.
Following his collegiate career, Young played professionally for two seasons in Australia with the Corio Bay Stingrays and the South Adelaide Panthers.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in speech communication from Utah Valley in 2017 and later completed a master’s degree from the Center for Sport Leadership at VCU.
