Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
September 9, 1953
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1976–1987 | Howard (asst.) |
1987–2003 | South Carolina State |
2003–2009 | Tennessee State |
2012–2016 | North Carolina A&T |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
6× MEAC Tournament championship (1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2013) 5× MEAC regular season championship (1989, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003) |
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Awards | |
MEAC Coach of the Year (2003) |
Cyrus Walker Alexander III (born September 9, 1953) is an American former college basketball head coach who most recently coached North Carolina A&T University, having resigned on January 29, 2016 after 22 games into the 2015–16 season. He was also a longtime men's basketball coach at South Carolina State University. In April 2003, after 16 seasons at SCSU, Alexander moved to coach Tennessee State University. Alexander was fired as coach of TSU in February 2009. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
On April 21, 2012, Alexander was hired as head coach of NC A&T. He resigned in January 2016 to pursue other opportunities within the North Carolina A&T athletics department.
* resigned on 1/29/16
National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion