Jackie Alexander was announced as Toledo women's basketball's assistant coach/recruiting coordinator in May 2024.
Alexander comes to the Glass City after four previous coaching and support roles, most recently at East Tennessee State, along with Eastern Kentucky, Albany and Air Force.
"Jackie is the perfect fit as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Toledo," said Head Coach Ginny Boggess. "She matches my passion for building relationships and creating an elite student-athlete experience. Jackie exemplifies 'iron sharpens iron,' and brings with her a tireless work ethic, elite organizational skills and a genuine love for people. Team Toledo will feel her immediate impact on player development, especially with our perimeter players. I am thrilled to welcome Jackie to our program!"
"I am excited and extremely grateful to join Coach Boggess at the University of Toledo," said Alexander. "Coach Boggess is a proven winner who has a gift for building and sustaining relationships with her players and staff. I am eager to elevate an already established foundation and culture alongside her at Toledo. I cannot wait to get to work on the court and in the community."
Alexander spent three years at ETSU beginning in 2021 as the assistant coach/recruiting coordinator, a group which registered a 21-win turnaround in just two seasons with a 25-10 record (9-5 SoCon) in 2022-23. The Buccaneers played in the postseason as part of the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) and had first-team, second-team and all-defensive conference selections. ETSU followed up that success with an 18-12 season in 2023-24, going 7-7 in league play.
Prior to ETSU, Alexander coached at Eastern Kentucky from 2019-2021, serving as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator with the Colonels. EKU had the fourth-biggest turnaround in the country from 2018-19 to 2019-20, improving by nine wins from two to 11.
Alexander began her career in women's basketball as the video coordinator for the United States Air Force Academy in the 2017-18 season before serving as the director of basketball operations at Albany in 2018-19. She also served as an interim assistant coach with the Great Danes in 2018.
A native of Broadhead, Ky., Alexander played one season at Army West Point (2010-11) before transferring to the University of the Cumberlands (2011-14), where she was a two-time All-Mid South Conference selection and two-time NAIA Academic All-American. She graduated from Cumberlands in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in biology before earning her master's degree in sport management in 2023.
Following her undergraduate career, Alexander served as an Army officer for three years, reaching the rank of captain. She served at Fort Campbell in Kentucky and was deployed to Iraq while in the Army.
