Jerry Alexander

Jerry Alexander has been the coach of NOVA since June 2006.
At NOVA, Coach Jerry works with all of our members, who range from national-class marathoners to beginners.

Prior to joining NOVA, Coach Jerry was the Assistant Coach for the track and cross-country teams at American University for seven years. During that time, he worked with numerous elite runners, including two men who ran under 4:00 for the mile, a woman who went on to represent the United States in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships, and many conference champions in the Patriot League and the Colonial Athletic Association, in distances ranging from 800 meters to 10,000 meters.

Prior to joining the staff at American, Coach Jerry was the Head Coach at the University of the District of Columbia, where he coached several elite international athletes, including one runner who had the fastest time for 800 meters indoors in NCAA Division II in 1997.

Coach Jerry ran collegiate at Columbia, where he was captain of cross-country and track in his senior year.

Coach Jerry is a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law, and is employed at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as Assistant General Counsel in the Office of Litigation.

Proud members of the Road Runners Club of America