Cy Alexander
Cy Alexander (born September 9, 1953)
Teams coached: South Carolina State Bulldogs, Tennessee State Tigers, North Carolina A&T Aggies
South Carolina State record: 276-200 (.580)
Tennessee State record: 67-106 (.387)
North Carolina A&T record: 43-80 (.350)
Overall record: 386-386 (.500)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6 (1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2013)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- MEAC Regular Season Champion: 6 (1989, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003)
- MEAC Tournament Champion: 6 (1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2013)
Awards:
- MEAC Coach of the Year: 3 (1996, 2001, 2003)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-2023 | Alcorn State (asst) |
| 2012-2016 | North Carolina A&T |
| 2003-2009 | Tennessee State |
| 1987-2003 | South Carolina State |
| 1976-1987 | Howard (asst) |
Cy Alexander Facts
- Cyrus Walker Alexander II
- Born September 9, 1953
- Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Alma Mater: Catawba College (BA, 1975) / Howard University (MA)
- NC-native played at Catawba College (NC) before starting his coaching career in 1976
- Spent 11 seasons as an assistant to A. B. Williamson at Howard
- Was part of three MEAC titles and a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 1981
- Became the head coach at South Carolina State, also in the MEAC, in 1987
- Went 276-200 over sixteen seasons with the Bulldogs, winning the MEAC six times
- Claimed five MEAC Tournament titles for five automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament
- Left for Tennessee State in 2003, coaching the Tigers for six seasons
- Was 67-106 overall at TSU, finishing below .500 each year before getting fired in 2009
- Alexander returned to the MEAC in 2012 as head coach at North Carolina A&T
- Won the MEAC Tournament and returned to the Big Dance in his first season
- Resigned in 2016 after a 5-17 start; the Aggies went 9-23 in each of the previous two seasons
- Returned to the college game in August 2022 when he joined Landon Bussie‘s staff as an assistant at Alcorn State (SWAC)
Cy Alexander Coaching Tree
- Ben Betts (South Carolina State)
- Jamaal Brown (South Carolina State)
- Brian Collins (Tennessee State)
- Will Jones (North Carolina A&T)
- Jay Joyner (North Carolina A&T)