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Cy Alexander

Cy Alexander

American college basketball head coach (born 1953)


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.[1][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.

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On April 21, 2012, Alexander was hired as head coach of NC A&T.[5] He resigned in January 2016 to pursue other opportunities within the North Carolina A&T athletics department.[6] On August 9, 2022, he was named an assistant coach at Alcorn State.[7]

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  1. "Cy Alexander". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  2. London, Mike (17 March 2000). "Wherever Cy Alexander goes, so does Catawba". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  3. Associated Press (14 October 2004). "Murray State OVC favourites yet again". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  4. "Tennessee St. fires men's hoops coach". UPI. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  5. Goodman, Jeff (21 April 2012). "N.C. A&T hires former MEAC coach Cy Alexander". CBS SPorts.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  6. "Alexander Resigns As N.C. A&T Head Coach". ncataggies.com. North Carolina A&T. January 29, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  7. "HBCU Coaching Veteran Joins @Alcorn_St_MBB". Alcorn State University Athletics. August 9, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2023.

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