New Detroit Mercy basketball coach Bacari Alexander speaks with reporters after his news conference Friday, April 22, 2016. Video by Perry A. Farrell / DFP
For Detroit Mercy athletic director Robert Vowels, Bacari Alexander checked off all of the boxes.
That’s why he was named the school’s 21st head basketball coach this morning at Calihan Hall, agreeing to a seven-year deal and the responsibility of improving the program.
Vowels and his 10-member search committee had a set of attributes they wanted in a coach, and the 39-year-old Alexander rose to the top of the list even before the interview process started.