Casey Alexander
{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{for|the American writer and director|Casey Alexander (cartoonist)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Casey Alexander
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Belmont
| current_conference = MVC
| current_record = {{winpct|140|54|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|6|8}}
| birth_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1992–1995
| player_team1 = Belmont
| coach_years1 = 1995–2011
| coach_team1 = Belmont (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2011–2013
| coach_team2 = Stetson
| coach_years3 = 2013–2019
| coach_team3 = Lipscomb
| coach_years4 = 2019–present
| coach_team4 = Belmont
| overall_record = {{winpct|277|174|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA)
4–2 (NIT)
| championships =
A-Sun Regular Season (2019)
2x OVC Regular Season (2020, 2021)
OVC tournament (2020)
| awards =
Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (2018)
Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2019)
| coaching_records =
}}
Casey Alexander (born June 8, 1972) is the head coach of the men's basketball team at Belmont University. He previously served as head coach at Stetson University and Lipscomb University.{{cite web |url=http://www.lipscombsports.com/mbasketball/news/2012-13/8234/a-sun-veteran-alexander-tabbed-to-lead-mens-hoops-program/ |title=Men's Basketball - News - Official Athletic Site of the Lipscomb University Bisons |website=www.lipscombsports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906083428/http://www.lipscombsports.com/mbasketball/news/2012-13/8234/a-sun-veteran-alexander-tabbed-to-lead-mens-hoops-program/ |archive-date=2015-09-06}}
Playing career
Alexander played college basketball at Belmont University, where he is now a member of the school's athletic hall of fame.
Coaching career
Immediately after graduation, Alexander joined the Belmont coaching staff under Rick Byrd, where he stayed for 16 seasons. He was a part of a coaching staff that reached four NCAA Tournaments. In 2011, Alexander got his first head coaching job at ASUN Conference rival Stetson, where he guided the Hatters to a 24–36 record in two seasons. On May 18, 2013, Alexander was named the head coach of Lipscomb, remaining in the A-Sun, and returning to his native Tennessee. In 2018, Alexander coached Lipscomb to its first Atlantic Sun title and first NCAA Division I Tournament appearance, and coached Lipscomb to its 1st regular season championship in 9 years in 2019. He was the 2018 recipient of the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award.{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=http://www.skipprosser.com/award_history.php |website=CollegeInsider |accessdate=8 April 2019}} On April 10, 2019 he was named head coach for Belmont University, following former head coach Rick Byrd's decision to retire after 33 seasons.
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Stetson Hatters
| conference = Atlantic Sun Conference
| startyear = 2011
| endyear = 2013
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Stetson
| overall = 9–20
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Stetson
| overall = 15–16
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Stetson
| overall = {{winpct|24|36|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|17|19|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Lipscomb Bisons
| conference = ASUN Conference
| startyear = 2013
| endyear = 2019
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Lipscomb
| overall = 15–15
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Lipscomb
| overall = 14–17
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Lipscomb
| overall = 12–21
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Lipscomb
| overall = 20–13
| conference = 11–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2017–18
| name = Lipscomb
| overall = 23–10
| conference = 10–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2018–19
| name = Lipscomb
| overall = 29–8
| conference = 14–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NIT Runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Lipscomb
| overall = {{winpct|113|84|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|59|31|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Belmont Bruins
| conference = Ohio Valley Conference
| startyear = 2019
| endyear = 2021
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2019–20
| name = Belmont
| overall = 26–7
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I canceled
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2020–21
| name = Belmont
| overall = 26–4
| conference = 18–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Belmont
| overall = 25–8
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Belmont Bruins
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 2022
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Belmont
| overall = 21–11
| conference = 14–6
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Belmont
| overall = 20–13
| conference = 12–8
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Belmont
| overall = 22–11
| conference = 13–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Belmont
| overall = {{winpct|140|54|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|87|29|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|277|174|record=y}}
}}
References
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{{Skip Prosser Award}}
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