Bo Alexander joins the Crusader staff as its defensive line coach ahead of the 2025 season.
Last season, Alexander served as the defensive line coach and director of operations at Wheeling University in Wheeling, W.Va. Prior to that position, he was a defensive ends coach at Eastern Michigan University during the 2023 season, in which the Eagles qualified for the 68 Ventures Bowl.Â
Alexander previously served as a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh during the 2021 and 2022 seasons, working with the defensive tackles. There, he worked with All-American and ACC Defensive Player of the Year Calijah Kancey, in addition to three other All-ACC selections. Pitt earned the ACC title in 2021 and won the 2022 Sun Bowl. In 2021, the Panthers played in the Peach Bowl, recorded their first 11-win season in 40 years and finished with their highest final season ranking (#13) since 1982.Â
After 40 career games as an inside linebacker for Kent State, Alexander made his first coaching stop with Beloit College, where he worked as a defensive line coach in 2018 before returning to his alma mater as a grad assistant in 2019 and 2020.
