Jay Alexander spent seventeen (17) years coaching college baseball, most notably as Head Baseball Coach at Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University. Jay served on the rules committee for all of the college baseball, All-American committee, and he was North Central Regional Chair. In addition, he coached two seasons with Team USA-TOS 18-under division and was a part of two gold medal-winning teams.

Jay Alexander is a proven leader with a history of developing student-athletes to reach their full potential. He has produced over 32 free agent signees and Major League Baseball draft picks in his tenure. He was one of three African American Head Baseball Coaches in the country (excluding Historically Black Institutions). Alexander was named Coach of the Year twice, his teams qualified for the NCAA Division II Regional Championship (one game away from the DII College World Series) and has over 300 NCAA victories.

In all, Alexander has coached freshmen of the year, players of the year, All-American players, All-Conference selections, and most importantly has landed hundreds of student-athletes on the All-Academic squad. Alexander has trained or helped players at all levels and has been a speaker in front of his peers at the American Baseball Coaches Association annual convention. Jay is a leader in his community. His teams continually lead the way in community service throughout the athletic community averaging over 2,000 hours of volunteer service per academic year. He is a leader of young men. He is known for being high energy, passionate, and a very good recruiter. He is a mentor to young men a “player's coach”, and he develops and rebuilds programs.