Football
Alexander, Charles
Charles Alexander
- Title:
- Assistant Defensive Backs Coach
- Email:
- cwa211@lehigh.edu
- Phone:
- 610-758-6918
- Alma Mater:
- First season
Charles Alexander enters his first season on the Lehigh coaching staff where he will serve as the assistant defensive backs coach. Alexander comes to Lehigh after three seasons as the defensive backs/assistant strength and conditioning coach at Gettysburg College.
Among his duties with the Bullets, Alexander was responsible for practice and game planning, scouting, film preparation and recruiting. With Alexander on the coaching staff, Gettysburg posted a 6-4 record in 2010 for the program’s first winning season in three years.
Prior to his stint at Gettysburg, Alexander spent one season as the assistant defensive line coach at Villanova and was graduate assistant working with running backs and tight ends at Clarion University from 2005-06.
“I am very pleased to have Charles join our staff,” Lehigh head coach Andy Coen said. “Charles has a very strong background having coached at several schools including Villanova and has had the opportunity to coach the entire secondary at Gettysburg. I was impressed by his passion for football and I am confident he will be a fine addition to our program.”
A four-sport athlete (football, baseball, basketball, volleyball) at Newark High School in Ohio, Alexander began his college career at Butler where he spent two years as a tight end on the Bulldogs football team, before transferring to Ohio State. Alexander earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Ohio State in 2002 and added a master’s in education from Clarion in 2006.
Alexander is a member of both the American Football Coaches Association and the Black Coaches Association.
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