At Monday night’s regular meeting of the Norman Board of Education, second-year evening law student Bryan Young was named the new principal of Norman North High School. Young has been with Norman North since it opened in 1997. He taught social studies until 2006, when he was named ninth grade principal. He is currently in charge of the school’s Links Crew, AP Leadership and Ninth Grade tutoring program. He was the Norman North boys soccer coach from 1997 to 2007 and was president of the Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association from 2005 to 2006. He also served as president of the Norman Teachers’ Association from 2003 to 2005.

Young received his bachelor of science in health and sports science with a minor in history from the University of Oklahoma, and a master’s in education leadership from Southern Nazarene University. He worked on the dissertation stage of a Ph.D. in education leadership and policy studies with an emphasis in education law and finance at the University of Oklahoma. He started at OCU LAW in the fall of 2008.