Cy Alexander

Cy Alexander
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1953-09-09) September 9, 1953 Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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)
Awards
MEAC Coach of the Year (2003)

Cy Alexander (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.^[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.

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]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
South Carolina State Bulldogs (MEAC) (1987–2003)
1987–88	South Carolina State	16–13	10–6	3rd
1988–89	South Carolina State	25–8	14–2	1st	NCAA Tournament 1st Round
1989–90	South Carolina State	13–16	8–8	4th
1990–91	South Carolina State	13–15	10–6	2nd
1991–92	South Carolina State	14–15	9–7	4th
1992–93	South Carolina State	16–13	9–7	2nd
1993–94	South Carolina State	16–13	10–6	2nd
1994–95	South Carolina State	15–13	11–5	2nd
1995–96	South Carolina State	22–8	14–2	1st	NCAA Tournament 1st Round
1996–97	South Carolina State	14–14	12–6	2nd
1997–98	South Carolina State	22–8	16-2	2nd	NCAA Tournament 1st Round
1998–99	South Carolina State	17–12	14–4	1st
1999–00	South Carolina State	20–14	14–5	1st	NCAA Tournament 1st Round
2000–01	South Carolina State	19–13	14–4	1st
2001–02	South Carolina State	15–16	11–7	3rd
2002–03	South Carolina State	20–11	15–3	1st	NCAA Tournament 1st Round
South Carolina State:		276–200	204–80
Tennessee State Tigers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2003–2009)
2003–04	Tennessee State	7–21	6–10	8th
2004–05	Tennessee State	14–17	9–7	7th
2005–06	Tennessee State	13–15	11–9	7th
2006–07	Tennessee State	12–20	8–12	8th
2007–08	Tennessee State	15–17	10–10	6th
2008–09	Tennessee State	12–18	9–9	6th
Tennessee State:		73–108	53–57
North Carolina A&T Aggies (MEAC) (2012–present)
2012–13	North Carolina A&T	20–17	8–8	T–6th	NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
2013–14	North Carolina A&T	9–23	5–11	T–8th
2014–15	North Carolina A&T	9–23	6–10	T–9th
2015–16	North Carolina A&T	5–17*	2–6*	T–6th
North Carolina A&T:		43–80	21–35	* resigned on 1/29/16
Total:		392–388
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

References

1 2 "Cy Alexander". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
↑ London, Mike (17 March 2000). "Wherever Cy Alexander goes, so does Catawba". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
↑ Associated Press (14 October 2004). "Murray State OVC favourites yet again". NBC Sports. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
↑ "Tennessee St. fires men's hoops coach". UPI. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
↑ Goodman, Jeff (21 April 2012). "N.C. A&T hires former MEAC coach Cy Alexander". CBS SPorts.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ "Alexander Resigns As N.C. A&T Head Coach". ncataggies.com. North Carolina A&T. January 29, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.

External links

Cy Alexander's biography at Tennessee State Tigers Athletics

South Carolina State Bulldogs basketball head coaches

Records lost pre-1955 Ed Martin (1955–1968) Ben Jobe (1968–1973) Tim Autrey (1973–1980) Johnny Jones (1980–1983) Chico Caldwell (1983–1987) Cy Alexander (1987–2003) Ben Betts (2003–2006) Jamal Brown (2006–2007) Tim Carter (2007–2013) Murray Garvin # (2013– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Tennessee State Tigers basketball head coaches

Henry Kean (1944–1949)
Shelton Matthews (1949–1950)
Henry Kean (1950–1951)
Clarence Cash (1951–1954)
John McLendon (1954–1959)
Harold Hunter (1959–1968)
Ed Martin (1968–1984)
Ed Meyers # (1984–1985)
Larry Reid (1985–1989)
Ron Abernathy (1989–1991)
Frankie Allen (1991–2000)
Nolan Richardson III (2000–2003)
Hosea Lewis # (2002-2003)
Teresa Phillips # (2003)
Hosea Lewis # (2003)
Cy Alexander (2003–2009)
Mark Pittman # (2009)
John Cooper (2009–2012)
Travis Williams (2012–2014)
Dana Ford (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball head coaches

Records lost pre-1952 Unknown (1952–1954) Cal Irvin (1954–1972) Warren Reynolds (1972–1977) Gene Littles (1977–1979) Don Corbett (1979–1993) Jeff Capel II (1993–1994) Roy Thomas (1994–1999) Curtis Hunter (1999–2003) Jerry Eaves (2003–2012) Cy Alexander (2012–2016) Jay Joyner (2016– )

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