NCAA Basketball rewind: Most impactful coaching hires after 2013 season

By Joey Loose | Jun 25, 2021

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 18: Head coach Brad Underwood of the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks reacts in the first half against the West Virginia Mountaineers during the first round of the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Barclays Center on March 18, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) /

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NCAA Basketball Casey Alexander Lipscomb Bisons (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

7. Casey Alexander (Lipscomb)

Lipscomb was still a relatively fresh program to D1 athletics by the time 2013 rolled around. They were needing to replace longtime head coach Scott Sanderson, meaning this was their first head coaching search since joining D1. This A-Sun program needed a jumpstart, and they hired the right guy to trigger it.

Lipscomb turned their attention towards Casey Alexander, a coach who had plenty of experience in the Nashville area. He had spent nearly two decades as a player and assistant coach under Rick Byrd at Belmont, just a few miles from Lipscomb. He had then gained valuable head coaching experience, spending two years leading a turnaround at Stetson, a fellow member of the A-Sun.

The hiring of Alexander did provide a similar great turnaround with the Bisons. After three rebuilding seasons, he led Lipscomb to 20 wins and a second place finish in 2017. He followed that up with the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance the following season and a magical trip to the NIT championship game in 2019. Alexander impressed and wound up as the next head coach in Belmont; though it’s impossible to question what he did with the Bisons.

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