Graham Alexander (born 10 October 1971) is a professional football coach and former player who manages Bradford City.

In a lengthy playing career, Alexander represented Scunthorpe United, Luton Town, Preston North End and Burnley.

On 16 April 2011, in Burnley's win over Swansea City in a Championship match, Alexander became only the second outfield player in English football history to have made 1,000 professional appearances, after Tony Ford.

He made his first-team debut on 27 April 1991, coming on as a substitute for Mark Hine, and signed his first professional contract the same year.

[10] During his eight years at Preston, Alexander made exactly 400 appearances for the club, with his 400th and final match coming against Colchester United on 25 August 2007.

[14] Preston chairman Derek Shaw did not want to lose the player and said: We don't particularly want to sell Graham but he has the comfort of a two-year contract at Burnley whereas he only has one year here at Deepdale.

On 29 June 2009, Alexander signed a new one-year contract at Burnley,[16] and on 15 August he became the oldest player to make a Premier League debut.

[21] On Alexander's appointment, Laws said "Graham is the consummate professional who has been instrumental in the success that this club has seen in the past few seasons, so it was an easy choice.

[31] Playing his final game on 28 April 2012 against Charlton Athletic, Alexander came on as a substitute for Max Ehmer in the 84th minute.

Alexander stepped up to curl the ball around the wall and inside the near post, scoring with the final kick of his career.

[32] His final senior goal helped him to hold the record of "highest-scoring British defender" for almost 12 years before his career tally was surpassed by James Tavernier in March 2024.

"[35] This ambition was fulfilled when he made his Scotland debut on 17 April 2002 in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Nigeria at Pittodrie Stadium.

[37] Alexander was part of the Scotland squad who won the annual Japanese Kirin Cup tournament in 2006, beating Bulgaria 5–1 before drawing 0–0 with Japan.

[40] Upon his arrival, Fleetwood were sat in seventh place in the league, though had recently been eliminated from the FA Cup by Aldershot Town.

[42] In his first full season in charge, Alexander guided the club to qualification for the promotion play-offs where they suffered a 3–2 aggregate defeat to eventual champions Millwall.

[44] On 14 May 2018, Alexander was appointed as the new manager of newly promoted National League club Salford City, signing onto a four-year contract, following the departures of previous joint-managers Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson.

[51] On 7 January 2021, Alexander was announced as the new head coach of Scottish Premiership side Motherwell, following the departure of Stephen Robinson and replacing interim manager Keith Lasley.

[55] Alexander left the club by mutual consent on 29 July 2022, following their elimination from the Europa Conference League by Sligo Rovers.

[55] On 27 May 2023, Alexander was appointed head coach of recently relegated EFL League Two club Milton Keynes Dons.