# 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. He was also a longtime men's basketball coach at South Carolina State University. In April 2003, after 16 seasons at SCSU, Alexander moved to coach Tennessee State University. Alexander was fired as coach of TSU in February 2009. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
On April 21, 2012, Alexander was hired as head coach of NC A&T. He resigned in January 2016 to pursue other opportunities within the North Carolina A&T athletics department. On August 9, 2022, he was named an assistant coach at Alcorn State.

## 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: | 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: | 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: | North Carolina A&T: | 43–80 | 21–35 | * resigned on 1/29/16 | * resigned on 1/29/16 | * resigned on 1/29/16 |
| Total: | 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 ||||||