STARKVILLE — Starkville Academy announced the return of Mark Alexander to the athletic department this week. Alexander will resume the role of head coach for the Vols boys’ basketball team that he vacated a decade ago.
“We are so excited to welcome BACK to the SA family our new head SA boys’ basketball coach, coach Mark Alexander,” the school said in a post on social media. “Coach Alexander is coming to us with 17 years of coaching experience. He has both head coaching and assistant coaching experience for both boys and girls with over 750 wins and multiple State & Overall Championships at the junior high, JV, and Varsity levels. He was also named Starkville Daily News and Commercial Dispatch Area Coach of the Year in 2013 and was the District Coach of the Year four times.”
Alexander graduated from Mississippi State in 1991 before starting a career in both coaching and sports journalism. As a coach, Alexander has more than 750 career wins with stops at Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Hartfield Academy, and a previous stint as Starkville Academy head coach from 2012-2014.
In 2023 Alexander joined the staff at Heritage Academy as an assistant coach for the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams and served as the director for the Heritage Sports Network. He previously worked as sports editor for the Starkville Daily News and as a sportswriter for The Clarion-Ledger.
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