William Alexander (coach)

William A. Alexander (June 6, 1889 – April 23, 1950) was the third head football coach at Georgia Tech. Alexander graduated from Georgia Tech in 1912 as valedictorian of his class. Alexander became head coach after John Heisman retired in April 1920. 

As coach, he led Georgia Tech to three SIAA titles (1920, 1921, 1922) and its second national championship in 1928. In 1944 he retired from coaching.  He was replaced by Bobby Dodd who was one of his assistant coaches. The Alexander Memorial Coliseum at Georgia Tech is named after him.

References

Other websites
William Alexander biography 

 William Alexander as College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
 William Alexander article on Buzzpedia 

Category:1889 births
Category:1950 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Kentucky