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Mac Alexander
- Title:
- Assistant Special Teams Coordinator
Mac Alexander enters his first season on Texas Tech’s coaching staff as assistant special teams coordinator and specialists coach.
Alexander arrives at Texas Tech following three seasons as the associate head coach at Colorado State-Pueblo where he served as special teams coordinator as well as defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator. Alexander has a long history coaching special teams at the Division II level as well as a graduate assistant at Washington State from 2020-21.
This will be his second stint in the state of Texas after previously serving as the safeties coach at Tarleton State during the 2019 season. Alexander moved from there to Washington State, then Western New Mexico in 2022 and to Colorado State-Pueblo the past three seasons.
CSU Pueblo claimed the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in each of Alexander’s final two seasons, combining for 20 wins during that span with two appearances in the NCAA Division II playoffs. The 2024 conference title was CSU Pueblo’s first since 2014 and was only the eighth 10-win season in program history.
Alexander’s special teams units contributed to much of that success as the Thunderwolves combined for 12 blocked kicks the past two seasons alone to rank among the national leaders. He regularly fielded several of the nation’s top special teams units over his three seasons as CSU Pueblo led the country in kickoff return average (29.95) in 2023 and ranked fourth in punt return coverage (2.00) in 2024.
Alexander coached 21 All-RMAC selections between his defensive backs and specialists rooms during his three seasons. The list of honorees included Daniel Bone III, who earned first team All-RMAC honors as well as All-America accolades three times during his storied career. Bone closed his career ranked 10th all-time in program history with 243 tackles, including 85 as a senior in 2024 where he was a second team All-American by the Associated Press.
Washington State played in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl to wrap Alexander’s two-year tenure in Pullman in 2021, with the first season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dean Janikowski earned first team All-Pac 12 honors as a kicker during the 2021 season after connecting on 14-of-17 field goal attempts, the best field goal percentage in the conference. Nick Haberer also earned Freshman All-America accolades that same season following a successful debut as Washington State’s punter where he averaged 42.8 yards per punt.
Prior to joining the Washington State staff, Alexander spent the 2019 season as the safeties coach at Tarleton State. The Texans finished 11-1 and captured the Lone Star Conference title that year after an undefeated regular season thanks in part to a defensive backs room that featured three All-LSC and All-Region selections and the LSC Defensive Back of the Year in Prince Robinson, who was also a first team All-America honoree. Robinson led the Division II ranks with three interceptions returned for a touchdown during his lone season under Alexander.
Alexander’s career has primarily been in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference as he was the defensive coordinator at Fort Lewis College in 2018 and an assistant coach for Colorado Mesa, his alma mater, from 2016-17. Alexander rose from a student assistant for Colorado Mesa from 2011-13, becoming a graduate assistant in 2014 and then a full-time assistant coach prior to the 2016 season.
Alexander was a defensive back for Colorado Mesa from 2009-11 and was a member of the Mavericks’ basketball program from 2011-14, serving as the team captain during his senior season. He earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Colorado Mesa in 2014 and then added a master’s degree in human performance and physical education from Adams State in 2016.
Alexander and his wife, Chazlyn, were married in 2016 and are parents to a son, Brady, and a daughter, Haley.
MAC ALEXANDER COACHING EXPERIENCE
2023-25 – Colorado State-Pueblo Associate Head Coach (Special Teams/Defensive Backs)
2022 – Western New Mexico Assistant Coach (Special Teams/Defensive Backs)
2020-21 – Washington State Graduate Assistant (Special Teams)
2019 – Tarleton State Assistant Coach (Safeties)
2018 – Fort Lewis College Defensive Coordinator (Special Teams/Defensive Backs)
2016-17 – Colorado Mesa Assistant Coach (Co-Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
2015 – Colorado Mesa Graduate Assistant (Defensive Backs)
2014 – Colorado Mesa Graduate Assistant (Defensive Line/Linebackers)
2011-13 – Colorado Mesa Student Assistant (Defensive Backs)
Alexander arrives at Texas Tech following three seasons as the associate head coach at Colorado State-Pueblo where he served as special teams coordinator as well as defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator. Alexander has a long history coaching special teams at the Division II level as well as a graduate assistant at Washington State from 2020-21.
This will be his second stint in the state of Texas after previously serving as the safeties coach at Tarleton State during the 2019 season. Alexander moved from there to Washington State, then Western New Mexico in 2022 and to Colorado State-Pueblo the past three seasons.
CSU Pueblo claimed the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in each of Alexander’s final two seasons, combining for 20 wins during that span with two appearances in the NCAA Division II playoffs. The 2024 conference title was CSU Pueblo’s first since 2014 and was only the eighth 10-win season in program history.
Alexander’s special teams units contributed to much of that success as the Thunderwolves combined for 12 blocked kicks the past two seasons alone to rank among the national leaders. He regularly fielded several of the nation’s top special teams units over his three seasons as CSU Pueblo led the country in kickoff return average (29.95) in 2023 and ranked fourth in punt return coverage (2.00) in 2024.
Alexander coached 21 All-RMAC selections between his defensive backs and specialists rooms during his three seasons. The list of honorees included Daniel Bone III, who earned first team All-RMAC honors as well as All-America accolades three times during his storied career. Bone closed his career ranked 10th all-time in program history with 243 tackles, including 85 as a senior in 2024 where he was a second team All-American by the Associated Press.
Washington State played in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl to wrap Alexander’s two-year tenure in Pullman in 2021, with the first season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dean Janikowski earned first team All-Pac 12 honors as a kicker during the 2021 season after connecting on 14-of-17 field goal attempts, the best field goal percentage in the conference. Nick Haberer also earned Freshman All-America accolades that same season following a successful debut as Washington State’s punter where he averaged 42.8 yards per punt.
Prior to joining the Washington State staff, Alexander spent the 2019 season as the safeties coach at Tarleton State. The Texans finished 11-1 and captured the Lone Star Conference title that year after an undefeated regular season thanks in part to a defensive backs room that featured three All-LSC and All-Region selections and the LSC Defensive Back of the Year in Prince Robinson, who was also a first team All-America honoree. Robinson led the Division II ranks with three interceptions returned for a touchdown during his lone season under Alexander.
Alexander’s career has primarily been in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference as he was the defensive coordinator at Fort Lewis College in 2018 and an assistant coach for Colorado Mesa, his alma mater, from 2016-17. Alexander rose from a student assistant for Colorado Mesa from 2011-13, becoming a graduate assistant in 2014 and then a full-time assistant coach prior to the 2016 season.
Alexander was a defensive back for Colorado Mesa from 2009-11 and was a member of the Mavericks’ basketball program from 2011-14, serving as the team captain during his senior season. He earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Colorado Mesa in 2014 and then added a master’s degree in human performance and physical education from Adams State in 2016.
Alexander and his wife, Chazlyn, were married in 2016 and are parents to a son, Brady, and a daughter, Haley.
MAC ALEXANDER COACHING EXPERIENCE
2023-25 – Colorado State-Pueblo Associate Head Coach (Special Teams/Defensive Backs)
2022 – Western New Mexico Assistant Coach (Special Teams/Defensive Backs)
2020-21 – Washington State Graduate Assistant (Special Teams)
2019 – Tarleton State Assistant Coach (Safeties)
2018 – Fort Lewis College Defensive Coordinator (Special Teams/Defensive Backs)
2016-17 – Colorado Mesa Assistant Coach (Co-Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
2015 – Colorado Mesa Graduate Assistant (Defensive Backs)
2014 – Colorado Mesa Graduate Assistant (Defensive Line/Linebackers)
2011-13 – Colorado Mesa Student Assistant (Defensive Backs)
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