Alexander's 1928 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have been recognized as national champions by a number of selectors.

Alexander was the first college football coach to place his teams in the four major post-season bowl games of the time: Sugar, Cotton, Orange and Rose.

The 1929 Rose Bowl win, which earned his team the national championship, is the most celebrated because of the wrong-way run by California's Roy Riegels.

[5][6] "Old Aleck," as Alexander was called, succeeded John Heisman as the head coach at Georgia Tech in April 1920.

[4] As a new coach, he led Georgia Tech to three Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles (1920, 1921, 1922) and its second national championship in 1928.

Alexander was the first college football coach to place his teams in the four major post-season bowl games of the time: Sugar, Cotton, Orange, and Rose.

On a muddy field, Wright ran off tackle and dodged Vanderbilt's safety Gil Reese, "usually a sure tackler," to get the touchdown to give Tech a 7 to 0 victory.

[7] Coach Alexander further recalled "The work of Douglas Wycoff against Notre Dame two years in succession was brilliant in the extreme, as was his plunging against Penn.

Alexander's plan was to minimize injuries by benching his starters early no matter the score of every game before the UGA finale.

The loose ball was scooped up by California Center Roy Riegels and then accidentally returned in the wrong direction.

[3][14] The Alexander Memorial Coliseum (recently renamed Hank McCamish Pavilion), the home arena of Georgia Tech's basketball teams, was named after him.