Aquinas College

Inducted in 2005, continues to retain his position as Aquinas' third all-time leading scorer, nearly 40 years after his
illustrious collegiate career. Alexander, who came from Detroit Northeastern High School, was a four-year started,
playing 92 consecutive games- every game in his collegiate career- and captained the Tommies (now, Saints) for two
years. He averaged over 22 points per game during his career and was the College's all-time leading scorer for nearly
twenty years. He became the school's first basketball player to score over two-thousand (2,034) career points, an
achievement in Michigan collegiate history that was second only to University of Michigan 's great Cazzie Russell.
Following graduation, he began a lengthy coaching career with stops at East Catholic High School in Detroit ; Central
Michigan University ; Xavier of New Orleans where his teams won over 300 games, nearly 80 percent of its games, in
his twelve years as coach and athletic director; and then, the University of Mississippi . At Xavier, he was selected
District or Conference Coach of the Year eight times and won NAIA Area Coach of the Year in 1981. At Central
Michigan , he became one of the first African-Americans to be named to a Division I basketball staff. After coaching
college basketball for almost thirty years, Alexander returned to Michigan and has been an assistant principal in
Roseville Community School District for the past three years. Dennis and his wife, Barbara, live in Southfield , Mich. He
has a son and daughter, Darwin and Brandi, from a first marriage as well as three teenage step sons, Brandon, Breland,
and Barrett, and four grandchildren.