William Alexander (coach)

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William Alexander
Sport Football
Born February 6, 1889(1889-02-06)
Place of birth Mud River, KY
Died April 23, 1950 (aged 60)
Place of death Atlanta, GA
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1920-1944 Georgia Tech
College Football Hall of Fame, 1951 (Bio)

William Alexander was the third head football coachat Georgia Tech. Alexander graduated from Tech in 1912 as valedictorian of his class.[1] Alexander succeeded John Heisman as the head coach in April 1920.[1] The Technique said of him:[1]

“ Since Coach Alex has taken charge has taken charge there is a change in the team. The youngest coach in major football, he is probably the most popular, and bids fair to prove himself the peer of them all. Not only is Coach the idol of members of the team, but of the student body as well. ”

As a new coach, he led Georgia Tech to three SIAA titles (1920, 1921, 1922) and its second national championship in 1928. In 1944 he retired and was succeeded by one of his assistants, Bobby Dodd.

The Alexander Memorial Coliseum is named after him.

  1. ^ a b c McMath, Robert C.; Ronald H. Bayor, James E. Britain, Lawrence Foster, August W. Giebelhaus, and Germaine M. Reed. Engineering the New South: Georgia Tech 1885-1985. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. 

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