Assistant Coach Bacari Alexander

Alexander is in his first season with the Ohio staff after coming over from the University of Detroit, where he spent six seasons as an assistant at his alma mater under Head Coach Perry Watson.

While on the Detroit staff, Alexander's responsibilities included off-campus recruiting, developing defensive strategies, scouting of future opponents and on-court coaching, primarily with UDM's post players. He will assume many of the same responsibilities on O'Shea's staff.

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 and Finance. 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 world-famous 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 31-year-old Alexander resides in The Plains with his wife, Kesha, and their six-year-old son, Mekhi.