Cy Alexander | |
Current Title: | Assistant coach |
Current Team: | Alcorn State Braves |
Current Conference: | SWAC |
Birth Date: | 9 September 1953 |
Birth Place: | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
Coach Years1: | 1976–1987 |
Coach Team1: | Howard (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1987–2003 |
Coach Team2: | South Carolina State |
Coach Years3: | 2003–2009 |
Coach Team3: | Tennessee State |
Coach Years4: | 2012–2016 |
Coach Team4: | North Carolina A&T |
Coach Years5: | 2022–present |
Coach Team5: | Alcorn State (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 392–388 |
Tournament Record: | 1–6 (NCAA Division I) |
Championships: | 5 MEAC regular season (1989, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003) 6 MEAC tournament (1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2013) |
Awards: | MEAC Coach of the Year (2003) |
Cyrus Walker Alexander III (born September 9, 1953) is an American former college basketball head coach who's currently an assistant head coach at Alcorn State and most recently held a head coaching position at North Carolina A&T University, having resigned on January 29, 2016 after 22 games into the 2015–16 season.[1] He was also a longtime men's basketball coach at South Carolina State University.[2] In April 2003, after 16 seasons at SCSU, Alexander moved to coach Tennessee State University.[3] Alexander was fired as coach of TSU in February 2009.[4] He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
On April 21, 2012, Alexander was hired as head coach of NC A&T.<ref>News: Goodman. Jeff. N.C. A&T hires former MEAC coach Cy Alexander. 22 April 2012. CBS SPorts.com. 21 April 2012. He resigned in January 2016 to pursue other opportunities within the North Carolina A&T athletics department.[5] On August 9, 2022, he was named an assistant coach at Alcorn State.[6]