Patrick Young

About

Patrick has coached at Cibola High School and at various middle schools in the Albuquerque area, over the past 30+ years. He has also played at various levels and aspects of volleyball, since the age of 16. Patrick started his crazy volleyball journey at Cibola, while they had a boys team. He was awarded a partial scholarship to BYU of Hawaii, but had already enlisted in the military, so onto the Air Force it was..

Patrick was a member of the Wounded Warriors team, while in the Air Force. His team medaled numerous times, while he was playing. He is currently a member of the USA Men’s National Sitting Volleyball Team. This team has allowed him to play against some of the best teams in the world. The team is presently ranked seventh in the world. Patrick made the team at the age of 47 and lists winning a silver medal at the 2019 Pan Am games, as one of his greatest accomplishments. His goals and hopes are up for making it to the Paralympics.

Patrick currently coaches at Eastern Christian Academy, which he has done over the past 8 years. He enjoys this job because it allows him to coach and honor his faith at the same time. Patrick joined the E3VB family this past season and we are very happy to have him. He enjoys the culture and the philosophies of E3VB and hopes to stay as long as we will have him. Patrick loves coaching and plans to do it as long as he can.