 Tennessee Tech, 1988
Fourth Season
Dewayne Alexander enters his fourth season as the head coach and offensive coordinator at Cumberland University after more than 15 years as a coach in both the high school and collegiate ranks in the state of Tennessee.
Alexander attended Hendersonville High School in Hendersonville, Tenn. He earned a bachelor's in Political Science with a minor in English from Tennessee Tech and also garnered a master's in Instructional Leadership at TTU. While a member of the Golden Eagles football team, Alexander received the team's Hustle Award in 1987.
Alexander returned to Hendersonville High School in 1988 for an eight-year run as football, wrestling and softball coach before serving two years (1996-97) as assistant principal and athletic director at Jackson County High School.
He returned to Tennessee Tech in the fall of 1997 as running backs coach, serving in that capacity for two seasons. Remaining in Putnam County, Alexander became an assistant coach and assistant principal at Upperman High School for the 1999-00 and 2000-01 academic years. Alexander then spent the 2001 season as the offensive coordinator at Gallatin High School before returning to Tennessee Tech once more, this time as the defensive line coach in 2002.
Alexander was named the head coach at Wilson Central when the school opened in 2003 and spent three years at WCHS before being named head coach at Cumberland in 2006.
Alexander and his wife, Angela, have four children - Hayden, Kate and twins John and Ross. |
