N.C. A&T set to hire Cy Alexander as men's basketball coach

COACH CY ALEXANDER

GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- Cy Alexander, the former South Carolina State coach, will be the new men’s basketball coach at North Carolina A&T State University after the school’s Board of Trustees meets this afternoon.

Alexander, a Winston-Salem native, was the S.C. State coach for 16 years before moving to Tennessee State University. He was fired from the TSU job in 2009 after coaching there for six years.

While at S.C. State, which plays in the MEAC along with A&T, Alexander won five conference titles and played in the NCAA tournament five times. He is the winningest coach in the program’s history. Alexander could not be reached for comment.

Coppin State coach Ron “Fang” Mitchell said Alexander’s teams are tough and defense-minded.

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