J. D. Alexander (coach)

J. D. Alexander

Alexander pictured in The Tecoan 1938, ECU yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1930-1931 1937-1938	Lincoln Memorial East Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	11-24-2 (football)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

J. D. "Swede" Alexander was the head coach of the Lincoln Memorial University (1930–1931) and East Carolina University (1937–1938) college football programs.^[1]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters (Independent) (1930–1931)
1930	Lincoln Memorial	4-6
1931	Lincoln Memorial	4-7-1
Lincoln Memorial:		8-13-1
East Carolina Pirates (Independent) (1937–1938)
1937	East Carolina	2-5
1938	East Carolina	1-6-1
East Carolina:		3-11-1
Total:		11-24-2
^†Indicates BCS bowl game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

Kenneth Beatty (1932–1933)
Doc Mathis (1934–1935)
Bo Farley (1936)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
O. A. Hankner (1939)
John Christenbury (1940–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Jim Johnson (1946–1948)
Bill Dole (1949–1951)
Jack Boone (1952–1961)
Clarence Stasavich (1962–1969)
Mike McGee (1970)
Sonny Randle (1971–1973)
Pat Dye (1974–1979)
Ed Emory (1980–1984)
Art Baker (1985–1988)
Bill Lewis (1989–1991)
Steve Logan (1992–2002)
John Thompson (2003–2004)
Skip Holtz (2005–2009)
Ruffin McNeill (2010– )

C. W. Porter (1931–1932)
C. K. Beatty (1932–1934)
Doc Mathis (1934–1936)
Bo Farley (1936–1937)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
Gordon Gilbert (1938–1939)
Bo Farley (1939–1940)
John Christenbury (1940–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Unknown (1944–1945)
Earl Smith (1945–1946)
Jim Johnson (1946–1947)
Howard Porter (1947–1959)
Earl Smith (1959–1963)
Wendell Carr (1963–1966)
Tom Quinn (1966–1974)
Dave Patton (1974–1977)
Larry Gillman (1977–1979)
Dave Odom (1979–1982)
Charlie Harrison (1982–1987)
Mike Steele (1987–1991)
Eddie Payne (1991–1995)
Joe Dooley (1995–1999)
Bill Herrion (1999–2005)
Ricky Stokes (2005–2007)
Mack McCarthy (2007–2010)
Jeff Lebo (2010– )