Del Alexander

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1971)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Del Alexander

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| current_team = UNLV

| current_title = Wide receivers coach

| current_conference = Mountain West

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|7|16}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California

| death_date =

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| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1991–1992

| player_team1 = West Los Angeles College

| player_years2 = 1993–1994

| player_team2 = USC

| player_positions = Wide receiver

| coach_years1 = 1996–1997

| coach_team1 = USC (GA)

| coach_years2 = 1998

| coach_team2 = UNLV (WR)

| coach_years3 = 1999

| coach_team3 = San Diego Chargers (OA)

| coach_years4 = 2000

| coach_team4 = UNLV (WR)

| coach_years5 = 2001

| coach_team5 = UNLV (QB/WR)

| coach_years6 = 2002

| coach_team6 = UNLV (WR)

| coach_years7 = 2003–2004

| coach_team7 = Oregon State (WR/RC)

| coach_years8 = 2005–2006

| coach_team8 = San Diego (RB)

| coach_years9 = 2007–2011

| coach_team9 = Wisconsin (WR)

| coach_years10 = 2012–2016

| coach_team10 = Arizona State (TE)

| coach_years11 = 2017–2021

| coach_team11 = Notre Dame (WR)

| coach_years12 = 2022

| coach_team12 = Georgia Tech (WR)

| coach_years13 = 2023–2024

| coach_team13 = UNLV (WR)

| coach_years14 = 2024

| coach_team14 = UNLV (interim HC)

| coach_years15 = 2025–present

| coach_team15 = UNLV (WR)

| overall_record = 1–0

| bowl_record = 1–0

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DelVaughn Alexander (born July 16, 1971) is an American football coach and former wide receiver. He played college football at West Los Angeles College before transferring to USC. He was the interim head football coach of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for their bowl game in 2024.

College career

Alexander played college football at the University of Southern California where he backed up Johnnie Morton and Keyshawn Johnson. Prior to USC, Alexander went to West Los Angeles College.

Coaching career

Between 1995 and 1997, Alexander was a graduate assistant coach for the USC Trojans. Alexander was the wide receivers coach for the University of Notre Dame. Prior to that, he coached at Arizona State University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of San Diego, Oregon State University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He also worked for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers. In the spring of 2022, Alexander was hired as the wide receivers coach at Georgia Tech.{{cite news |last1=Barnett |first1=Zach |title=Sources: Former Notre Dame wide receivers coach lands at Georgia Tech |url=https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-del-alexander-georgia-tech-wide-receivers-coach |access-date=April 2, 2022 |work=footballscoop.com |publisher=Football Scoop |date=April 2, 2022}} He served as the interim head coach for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for their bowl game in 2024. * {{cite web | last=Athletics | first=University of Nevada Las Vegas | title=Del Alexander Named UNLV Football Interim Head Coach | website=University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics | date=2024-12-08 | url=https://unlvrebels.com/news/2024/12/8/del-alexander-named-unlv-football-interim-head-coach.aspx | access-date=2024-12-09}}

Head coaching record

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = UNLV Rebels

| conf = Mountain West Conference

| startyear = 2024

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 2024

| name = UNLV

| overall = 1–0

| conference = –

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname = LA‡

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

| ranking2 = 23

| championship = division

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = UNLV

| overall = 1–0

| confrecord = –

}}‡ Interim head coach for bowl, replacing Barry Odom

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 1–0

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = yes

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}}

References

External links

[https://ramblinwreck.com/coach/del-alexander/ Georgia Tech profile]
[https://thesundevils.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/del-alexander/388 Arizona State profile]

Category:1971 births

Category:Living people

Category:American football wide receivers

Category:Arizona State Sun Devils football coaches

Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football coaches

Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coaches

Category:Oregon State Beavers football coaches

Category:San Diego Chargers coaches

Category:San Diego Toreros football coaches

Category:UNLV Rebels football coaches

Category:USC Trojans football coaches

Category:USC Trojans football players