Willie Charles Young Jr. graduated from high school in 1993 from the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. From there, he attended the University of Oklahoma, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. He joined the Army and retired after 20 years of active-duty military service as a military police officer. He was awarded the Kosovo Liberation Medal following a peacetime deployment in 2000, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal following a combat deployment to Afghanistan in 2003, and the Humanitarian Service Medal after being sent to Brooklyn, New York, in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012. He retired in Kansas City, Kansas, with his five children: Willie III, Ruby, Bianka, Karmen (the twins), and Sadie. His passions include photography, fishing, and all things related to the University of Oklahoma College Football program. Boomer Sooner!