After spending a season with men's golf as a volunteer assistant, coaching veteran Stewart "Buddy" Alexander has been promoted to assistant coach with the Auburn men's women's golf teams ahead of the 2023-24 season.
Alexander joins the Auburn staff with over 30 years of coaching experience at the Division I level, most notably as the head coach at the University of Florida from 1988 to 2014. While at Florida, Alexander guided the program to eight SEC Championships and a pair of national titles in 1993 and 2001. He is a seven-time SEC Coach of the Year and three-time NCAA Coach of the Year.
Additionally, Alexander led Louisiana State University to a pair of SEC titles in 1986 and 1987 as the head coach of the program from 1982 to 1987.
Golfers under Alexander's tutelage have produced 50-plus first team all-conference selections and 40-plus victories on the PGA tour.
A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, Alexander is a 1975 and 1980 graduate of Georgia Southern University where he was a two-time All-American as a student-athlete. He is married to Joan Alexander, who currently serves at the Tigers' director of operations for both the men's and women's programs, and is the father of Tyson Alexander, a current member of the PGA Tour, and Cortnee Gilchrist, the Director of the Spirit Squad at the University of Florida.
Alexander joins the Auburn staff with over 30 years of coaching experience at the Division I level, most notably as the head coach at the University of Florida from 1988 to 2014. While at Florida, Alexander guided the program to eight SEC Championships and a pair of national titles in 1993 and 2001. He is a seven-time SEC Coach of the Year and three-time NCAA Coach of the Year.
Additionally, Alexander led Louisiana State University to a pair of SEC titles in 1986 and 1987 as the head coach of the program from 1982 to 1987.
Golfers under Alexander's tutelage have produced 50-plus first team all-conference selections and 40-plus victories on the PGA tour.
A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, Alexander is a 1975 and 1980 graduate of Georgia Southern University where he was a two-time All-American as a student-athlete. He is married to Joan Alexander, who currently serves at the Tigers' director of operations for both the men's and women's programs, and is the father of Tyson Alexander, a current member of the PGA Tour, and Cortnee Gilchrist, the Director of the Spirit Squad at the University of Florida.