Alex Stewart is in her fourth season on the Auburn women's basketball staff. She was elevated to the role of Assistant Coach/Chief of Staff beginning with the 2023-24 season. The first two seasons on staff, she served as the program's Director of Basketball Operations.
Her first season in an on-court coaching role in 2023-24 saw the Tigers return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019. Stewart helped lead Auburn to a 20-win season and a .500 SEC record, both of those also coming for the first time since 2019.
Stewart came to The Plains beginning with the 2021-22 season after spending the previous season as assistant coach at Colgate. She came to Auburn with 13 seasons of coaching experience, nine of those years in the Division I ranks.
Stewart was on staff at Georgia Southern from 2015-19. She also had coaching stops at Toledo (2012-16) and Jacksonville (2011-12), in addition to brief tenures at Division II North Greenville (2019-20) and Division III Agnes Scott (2006-08). She was head coach at Agnes Scott for the 2007-08 season.
She was also part of the staff at Georgia Tech, her alma mater, from 2008-11, serving as director of operations for two years and an academic coach for one season.
As a student-athlete from 1999-2004, Stewart was an All-ACC Third-Team selection as a junior. She excelled in assists and free throws, finishing her collegiate career third all-time in the ACC in both categories. She also recorded the second triple-double in Georgia Tech history with 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists against Charleston Southern on Jan. 30, 2001 – the first in ACC history for a player coming off the bench.
She played professionally for one season in Keflavik, Iceland, helping her team win the Icelandic Championship in 2005 and earning tournament MVP honors.
A native of Norcross, Ga., Stewart earned her bachelor’s degree in international affairs from Georgia Tech in 2004.
Stewart came to The Plains beginning with the 2021-22 season after spending the previous season as assistant coach at Colgate. She came to Auburn with 13 seasons of coaching experience, nine of those years in the Division I ranks.
Stewart was on staff at Georgia Southern from 2015-19. She also had coaching stops at Toledo (2012-16) and Jacksonville (2011-12), in addition to brief tenures at Division II North Greenville (2019-20) and Division III Agnes Scott (2006-08). She was head coach at Agnes Scott for the 2007-08 season.
She was also part of the staff at Georgia Tech, her alma mater, from 2008-11, serving as director of operations for two years and an academic coach for one season.
As a student-athlete from 1999-2004, Stewart was an All-ACC Third-Team selection as a junior. She excelled in assists and free throws, finishing her collegiate career third all-time in the ACC in both categories. She also recorded the second triple-double in Georgia Tech history with 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists against Charleston Southern on Jan. 30, 2001 – the first in ACC history for a player coming off the bench.
She played professionally for one season in Keflavik, Iceland, helping her team win the Icelandic Championship in 2005 and earning tournament MVP honors.
A native of Norcross, Ga., Stewart earned her bachelor’s degree in international affairs from Georgia Tech in 2004.