Before being named coach of the Charlotte 49ers, Major spent nine years working with Thad Matta at Ohio State and Xavier universities.

Major took an indefinite medical leave of absence due to multiple health issues in January 2015, and was replaced on an interim basis by his associate head coach, Ryan Odom.

During his time away from coaching, Major traveled the U.S. to visit dozens of successful college and NBA teams.

III school, and then spent three years working under all-time Big West Conference wins leader Bob Thomason at University of the Pacific.

Following the conclusion of the 2014–15 season, it was announced that Major would step down as head coach in order to fully recover and re-energize himself.

Conference tournament champion *Alan Major took an indefinite leave of absence due to medical reasons on January 6, 2015.