Cy Alexander

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.

Cy Alexander

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Alcorn State Braves
Conference	SWAC
Biographical details
Born	(1953-09-09) September 9, 1953 (age 71) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1987	Howard (assistant)
1987–2003	South Carolina State
2003–2009	Tennessee State
2012–2016	North Carolina A&T
2022–present	Alcorn State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	392–388
Tournaments	1–6 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
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)

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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
South Carolina State Bulldogs (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1987–2003)
1987–88	South Carolina State	16–13	10–6	3rd
1988–89	South Carolina State	25–8	14–2	1st	NCAA Division I First 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 Division I First Round
1996–97	South Carolina State	14–14	12–6	2nd
1997–98	South Carolina State	22–8	16–2	2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
1998–99	South Carolina State	17–12	14–4	1st
1999–00	South Carolina State	20–14	14–5	1st	NCAA Division I First 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 Division I First 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 (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2012–2016)
2012–13	North Carolina A&T	20–17	8–8	T–6th	NCAA Division I Second 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