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Bacari Alexander, a starting forward on Detroit's
last two NCAA teams, is in his fourth season as an
assistant coach at his alma mater.
Alexander's duties include off-campus recruiting,
scouting of future opponents and on-court coaching.
In the latter area, Alexander is active primarily
with UDM's post players. He is also involved in film
breakdown.
"It is a joy to invest back in such a great program
run by my coach, Perry Watson," Alexander said.
"It was great to welcome Bacari back to the Titan
basketball family," coach Watson concurred. "He was
a big part of our success in getting to the NCAA
Tournament for two seasons. Bacari wasn't a player
too long ago, and a lot of people looked at him as a
coach on the floor back then. He is able to pass a
lot of his knowledge about the game on to our
current players."
Alexander is also very active as a
motivational speaker in the Detroit area, addressing
youth groups throughout the community.
Alexander spent his high school days at Detroit
Southwestern - he played on the Prospectors' varsity
under coach Watson's longtime assistant, Larry
Pierce - and began his college career at Robert
Morris. He was named to the Northeast Conference's
All-Newcomer Team in 1995 and, after two seasons at
the Pittsburgh school, Alexander transferred to UDM.
He spent two seasons as a Titan, helping Detroit to
a pair of MCC regular season championships, a
post-season conference title his senior season, and
NCAA berths in both of those campaigns (1998 and
'99). As a senior, Alexander was voted by the
conference coaches to their All-Defensive Team.
Alexander received the President's Award as UDM's
most outstanding senior student-athlete, and
graduated from the University in 1999 after majoring
in Business Administration. He quickly went to work
for the NBA Detroit Pistons as a Player Programs
Coordinator, then left that job to return to the
court as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters.
During his two seasons (2000 and '01) with the
'Trotters, Alexander played basketball in 13
countries, while also directing several camps for
the team around the U.S. Additionally, he served as
an "Advance Ambassador" for the Globetrotters,
performing public relations duties while making
media and school appearances. In 2002, the
Globetrotters - and all of their past and present
players - were inducted into the Naismith Basketball
Hall of Fame.
The 28-year-old Alexander resides in Warren with his
fiance, Kesha, and their three-year-old son, Mekhi. |
