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Alexander was born in [[Detroit]] and played high school basketball at [[Southwestern High School (Michigan)|Detroit Southwestern High School]]. He played two seasons of college basketball at [[ |
Alexander was born in [[Detroit]] and played high school basketball at [[Southwestern High School (Michigan)|Detroit Southwestern High School]]. He played two seasons of college basketball at [[Michigan University]] in [[Pittsburgh]] before transferring to the [[University of Detroit Mercy]].<ref name=Bio/><ref>{{cite news|title=Robert Morris Snaps 9-Game Losing Streak|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=February 26, 1995|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADF63F2BFD13E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}</ref> In two seasons with Detroit, Alexander appeared in 62 games and, along with teammate [[Jermaine Jackson (basketball)|Jermaine Jackson]], helped lead the [[Detroit Titans men's basketball|Titans]] to back-to-back [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournament]] berths in 1998 and 1999.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|title=Bacari Alexander Bio|publisher=University of Michigan|accessdate=April 5, 2013|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bacari_alexander_641965.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Alexander contributes more than points to Detroit|publisher=Associated Press Archive|date=March 13, 1999|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8A0EBDC4E2EB04&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}</ref> He was known as "the enforcer" on the Titans' 1999 team.<ref>{{cite news|title=UDM seeks return to glory|newspaper=The Detroit News|date=November 19, 2002|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F769C9117216E47&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}</ref> |
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From 1999 to 2001, Alexander played with the [[Harlem Globetrotters]], participating in 350 shows in 13 countries.<ref name=WMU/><ref name=DFP>{{cite news|author=Mark Snyder|title=Ex-Globetrotter joins Beilein's coaching staff|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=April 26, 2010|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/2018571951.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+26%2C+2010&author=MARK%20SNYDER&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=Ex-Globetrotter+joins+Beilein's+coaching+staff&pqatl=google}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=World-Class Globetrotters Team Backs Up Showmanship With Renewed Emphasis on Talent|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|date=February 6, 2001|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4E198B0A06135&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}</ref><ref name=NYT/> He also directed camps for the Globetrotters and served as an "Advance Ambassador" for the team.<ref name=Bio/> Alexander described his time with the Globetrotters as "the toughest job in professional ... anything. You travel to a different city every day and twice on Sunday. I played 12 NBA seasons in two seasons with the Globetrotters."<ref name=WMU/> |
From 1999 to 2001, Alexander played with the [[Harlem Globetrotters]], participating in 350 shows in 13 countries.<ref name=WMU/><ref name=DFP>{{cite news|author=Mark Snyder|title=Ex-Globetrotter joins Beilein's coaching staff|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=April 26, 2010|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/2018571951.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+26%2C+2010&author=MARK%20SNYDER&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=Ex-Globetrotter+joins+Beilein's+coaching+staff&pqatl=google}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=World-Class Globetrotters Team Backs Up Showmanship With Renewed Emphasis on Talent|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|date=February 6, 2001|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4E198B0A06135&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}</ref><ref name=NYT/> He also directed camps for the Globetrotters and served as an "Advance Ambassador" for the team.<ref name=Bio/> Alexander described his time with the Globetrotters as "the toughest job in professional ... anything. You travel to a different city every day and twice on Sunday. I played 12 NBA seasons in two seasons with the Globetrotters."<ref name=WMU/> |
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| Current position | |
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| Title | Assistant Coach |
| Team | Michigan Wolverines |
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| Born | September 15, 1976 Detroit, Michigan |
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Bacari Alexander (born September 15, 1976) is an assistant men's basketball coach at University of Michigan. At Michigan, Alexander is responsible for coaching the team's post players, developing defensive strategies, scouting opponents and on-court coaching. In three seasons as an assistant coach under Michigan head coach John Beilein, Michigan has advanced each year to the NCAA tournament, won a Big Ten Conference regular season championship in 2012, and advanced to the National Championship in 2013.
Playing career
Alexander was born in Detroit and played high school basketball at Detroit Southwestern High School. He played two seasons of college basketball at Michigan University in Pittsburgh before transferring to the University of Detroit Mercy.[1][2] In two seasons with Detroit, Alexander appeared in 62 games and, along with teammate Jermaine Jackson, helped lead the Titans to back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths in 1998 and 1999.[1][3] He was known as "the enforcer" on the Titans' 1999 team.[4]
From 1999 to 2001, Alexander played with the Harlem Globetrotters, participating in 350 shows in 13 countries.[5][6][7][8] He also directed camps for the Globetrotters and served as an "Advance Ambassador" for the team.[1] Alexander described his time with the Globetrotters as "the toughest job in professional ... anything. You travel to a different city every day and twice on Sunday. I played 12 NBA seasons in two seasons with the Globetrotters."[5]
Coaching career
In 2002, Alexander began his coaching career as an assistant coach to Perry Watson at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has held assistant coaching positions at Detroit (2002-2007), Ohio (2007-2008), and Western Michigan (2008-2010).[1][5] Alexander developed a reputation as a sharp dresser and won CollegeInsider.com's Runway to the Fashionable Four award as the most fashionable assistant coach in the United States in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2010. He was also the runner-up in 2008. No other coach has won the award four times.[1][9]
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In April 2010, Alexander was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan.[6][10] At the time, Alexander told reporters, "You know, in short, it's a dream job. I can't put it any better than that. If you grow up in the state of Michigan ... the University of Michigan is a global entity. To be fortunate enough to get this opportunity is a blessing."[11]
At Michigan, Alexander has been responsible for coaching the team's post players, developing defensive strategies, scouting opponents and on-court coaching.[1] In Alexander's three seasons as an assistant coach at Michigan, the Wolverines have advanced each year to the NCAA tournament, won a Big Ten Conference regular season championship in 2012, and advanced to the Final Four in 2013.
Alexander's humorous pregame speeches, often involving props, were credited with keeping the team loose. Before a game against Ohio State, Alexander brought a maize-and-blue sledgehammer to his pregame talk and urged the team to be "nutcrackers." Before the team's Sweet Sixteen game against Kansas, he placed a picture of a Jayhawk (Kansas' mascot) in a birdcage and told the team Kansas needed to be caged.[8][12] Before Michigan's Elite Eight victory over Florida, Alexander sent the team's student manager to purchase a can of Pringles potato chips and then placed a Pringle on the shoulder of each Michigan starter and urged the team to play with a chip on its shoulder.[13][14] On April 6, 2013, Alexander was profiled in The New York Times as "a showman often ranked among college basketball's most fashionable assistants" and "a recruiter who can regale elite young players with tales from his two seasons with the Globetrotters."[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Bacari Alexander Bio". University of Michigan. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
- ^ "Robert Morris Snaps 9-Game Losing Streak". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 26, 1995.
- ^ "Alexander contributes more than points to Detroit". Associated Press Archive. March 13, 1999.
- ^ "UDM seeks return to glory". The Detroit News. November 19, 2002.
- ^ a b c Graham Crouch (July 7, 2008). "Return home, respect for Hawkins lures new Western Michigan hoops assistant Bacari Alexander". MLive.com.
- ^ a b Mark Snyder (April 26, 2010). "Ex-Globetrotter joins Beilein's coaching staff". Detroit Free Press.
- ^ "World-Class Globetrotters Team Backs Up Showmanship With Renewed Emphasis on Talent". Rocky Mountain News. February 6, 2001.
- ^ a b c Greg Bishop (April 6, 2013). "Michigan Assistant a Showman, Too". The New York Times.
- ^ "UM hired a sharp dresser". Detroit Free Press. April 28, 2010.
- ^ "WMU's Alexander added to UM's coaching staff". Detroit Free Press. April 25, 2010.
- ^ Graham Couch (April 24, 2010). "Bacari Alexander leaves Western Michigan for "dream job" at Michigan; Clayton Bates may be making move, too". MLive.com.
- ^ Colleen Thomas (April 5, 2013). "Bacari Alexander finds new motivational tool for Saturday's pregame vs. Syracuse". Michigan Daily.
- ^ Jeff Eisenberg (April 5, 2013). "Funny pregame speeches from Bacari Alexander help keep Michigan loose". Yahoo Sports.
- ^ Nicole Auerbach (April 5, 2013). "Wolverines have chips on their shoulders -- literally". USA Today.