Ross Alexander moved into an assistant coach position before the 2022 season after serving in a volunteer capacity the three seasons before that. With Alexander on staff, ASU has gone 19-13-7 and made consecutive appearances in the NCAA National Championship for the first time since the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

Alexander has served as the Phoenix Rising FC Youth Soccer Club since 2018. In that position, Alexander is the Director of ECNL Boys & head coach of MLS Next Professional Academy program and is the Technical Lead and head coach of education for 9v9 & 11v11 game models. In 2019, Alexander was named assistant coach for the International Champions Cup West All-Star Team. This position included working with the U14 age group and was the Lead for Talent ID and recruitment.

From 2015 to 2018, Alexander held a graduate position with Grand View University’s men’s soccer program. This stint included a trip to the NAIA Fab Four, the program’s most successful season at the time. During that same time frame, Alexander was also an assistant coach for the Des Moines Menace Women of the WPSL (2016-18) and Age Group Director and head coach of theU13 Boys, U12 Girls, U16 Girls and Director of Pre-Academy, U7/U8 for the Sporting Iowa Soccer Club (2015-18).

Alexander started his coaching career in 2014 as a volunteer coach for the Scottish Football Association (Graeme High School).

Alexander had an illustrious college career playing for Grand View University (Des Moines, Iowa). A four-year starter, Alexander was a three-time NAIA All-American, a three-time All-Region first-team honoree, a four-time All-Midwest Collegiate Conference selection – including MCC player of the year honors in 2014 – and was the first player in program history to be named to the NAIA National Tournament All-Tournament Team. Alexander was a tremendous leader, serving as a three-year captain and a two-time NAIA Champion of Character.

Alexander’s additional playing experience includes time playing with Falkirk Football Club (2003-09/served six years as Academy team captain and was also a Pro Academy player in Scottish Premier League U19 for one year), St. Johnstone Football Club (was a Pro Academy player in Scottish Premier League U19 and was a first-team reserve player) and one year with Stirling Albion Football Club (Scottish First Division squad player and reserve team captain).

Alexander holds several coaching licenses, including United States Soccer Federation A, B, C, D, and E licenses and Scottish FA levels 2 & 3.

Alexander earned his B.S. with honors in physical education from Grand View University in 2015 and holds a pair of master’s degrees in sports management (Grand View University in 2018) and social and cultural pedagogy (ASU in 2021). Two of Alexander’s degrees were achieved with a perfect 4.0 GPA.