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Bacari Alexander (basketball)

Bacari Alexander
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Alexander in 2015.
Sport(s) Men's basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Detroit
Conference Horizon League
Record 8–23 (.258)
Biographical details
Born (1976-09-15) September 15, 1976 (age 40)
Detroit, Michigan
Playing career
1994–1996 Robert Morris
1997–1999 Detroit
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2007 Detroit (asst.)
2008–2008 Ohio (asst.)
2008–2010 Western Michigan (asst.)
2010–2016 Michigan (asst.)
2016–present Detroit
Head coaching record
Overall 8–23 (.258)

Bacari Torrell Alexander (born September 15, 1976) is an American college basketball coach, currently the men's basketball head coach at Detroit Mercy. He is a former assistant coach at Michigan, Western Michigan, Ohio, and Detroit Mercy. At Michigan, Alexander was responsible for coaching the team's post players, developing defensive strategies, scouting opponents and on-court coaching. In six seasons as an assistant coach under Michigan head coach John Beilein, Michigan advanced to the NCAA Tournament each year, won Big Ten Conference regular season championships in 2012 and 2014 and appeared in the Elite 8 in 2014 and the National Championship in 2013.

Alexander was born in Detroit, Michigan and played high school basketball at Detroit Southwestern High School. He starred in two seasons of college basketball at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh an earned NEC All-Newcomer honors in his freshman campaign (1994–95 season) before transferring to Detroit Mercy. In two seasons with the Detroit, Alexander appeared in 62 games and, along with teammate and fellow co-captain Jermaine Jackson, helped lead the Titans to back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths in 1998 and 1999. He was known as "the enforcer" on the Titans' 1999 team.


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