(UPDATED 6/8/2018) -- Alex Gray joined the Wayne State football coaching staff in the summer of 2017 and served as the wide receivers coach for one season.
During his lone year with the Warriors, he had four players earn Academic All-GLIAC recognition, including one (Manny Mendoza) on the All-Academic Excellence Team. He guided both Darece Roberson, Jr. and Corey Ester to Honorable Mention All-GLIAC recognition. In addition, Roberson led the squad with six touchdown receptions, which was tied-for-fourth in the GLIAC.
He came to WSU after spending the 2016 campaign as the defensive coordinator at Malone. In his lone season with the Pioneers, Gray mentored JC Pawlyk who was a national semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, a one-time G-MAC Defensive Player of the Week and a team captain for MU. In addition, defensive lineman Austin Cary was a CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection, while senior defensive lineman Tyler Bowman earned G-MAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors. Three other Pioneers received G-MAC All-Conference Defensive Team accolades.
From 2013-15, Gray spent three years on the Notre Dame College staff including serving as co-defensive coordinator his final season with the Falcons. In both 2013 and 2014, Gray was the cornerbacks coach as well as handling strength and conditioning for the football program.
In 2012, Gray was the defensive backs coach at Division III Hiram College after spending the 2011 campaign as the defensive coordinator at Akron Springfield High School. Two of his Terriers (Josh Peacock and Tevin Weaver) earned Honorable Mention All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) accolades in 2012.
Gray served four years (2005, 2008-10) as the defensive backs coach at his alma mater Walsh University, with two years at Orange High School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) as both wide receivers and defensive backs coach.
A four-year (2001-04) letterwinner at Walsh, he received his bachelor's degree from WU in 2005 in corporate communications. WU tallied an 8-3 record in each of his four years, including a 19-5 record at home. Gray is tied-for-fifth in school history with 10 career interceptions, while ranking third in tackles with 315 stops.
During the 2003 season, Gray was twice an MSFA (Mid-States Football Association) Player of the Week for the Cavaliers, and was an Honorable Mention All-American as a return specialist by Hansen's Football Gazette after earning First Team All-MSFA honors as a kick returner for the first of two consecutive seasons. Gray also received all-conference recognition in track as a javelin thrower.
A native of Pepper Pike, Ohio, Gray and his wife Shannon, are the parents of a daughter, Rose.
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