| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Alcorn State Braves |
| Conference | SWAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 9, 1953 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1976–1987 | Howard (assistant) |
| 1987–2003 | South Carolina State |
| 2003–2009 | Tennessee State |
| 2012–2016 | North Carolina A&T |
| 2022–present | Alcorn State (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 392–388 |
| Tournaments | 1–6 (NCAA Division I) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 5 MEAC regular season (1989, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003) 6 MEAC tournament (1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2013) | |
| Awards | |
| MEAC Coach of the Year (2003) | |
Cyrus Walker Alexander III (born September 9, 1953) is an American former college basketball head coach who's currently an assistant head coach at Alcorn State and most recently held a head coaching position at North Carolina A&T University, having resigned on January 29, 2016 after 22 games into the 2015–16 season.[1] He was also a longtime men's basketball coach at South Carolina State University.[1][2] In April 2003, after 16 seasons at SCSU, Alexander moved to coach Tennessee State University.[3] Alexander was fired as coach of TSU in February 2009.[4] He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
On April 21, 2012, Alexander was hired as head coach of NC A&T.[5] He resigned in January 2016 to pursue other opportunities within the North Carolina A&T athletics department.[6] On August 9, 2022, he was named an assistant coach at Alcorn State.[7]