Alex Spencer has served as an Athletic Performance Coach since April 2018. Coach Spencer also served as a Graduate Student Assistant for two years under Coach David Trevino before becoming full-time. Alex graduated from DBU with his Master of Science in Kinesiology in August 2017.
Coach Spencer currently serves as the Athletic Performance Coach for Women’s Golf, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Track & Field, and Cross Country. In addition to his current teams, Spencer has also worked with Baseball, Basketball, Women’s Tennis, and Ice Hockey. Coach Spencer also serves as the Fitness Center Coordinator and adjunct faculty with the DBU Kinesiology program. Spencer also developed a proprietary Athlete Management System that is utilized for load and performance monitoring to mitigate fatigue and injury while also directing efforts to best increase performance over an athlete's career.
During his tenure at DBU, Coach Spencer has developed over a dozen All-American athletes in multiple sports and produced more than a dozen MLB Draft Picks. He has accumulated a dozen Conference titles (MVC, Lone Star, & Heartland). His teams have appeared in 15 NCAA Regional Tournaments and won 5 of them. Additionally, he was part of the historic 2021 season in which DBU Baseball won the Fort Worth Regional as well as appeared in their second-ever NCAA Super Regional. Spencer has also been blessed to win 2 NCAA National Championships with Women’s Golf (2021 & 2023).
Before coming to DBU, Spencer served as an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Baylor University with the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams during the 2015-2016 season. While at Baylor, Coach Spencer assisted with the implementation and execution of daily warm-ups, workouts, and operation/management of the 6,500-square-foot weight room. Spencer also developed databases for each team to help track progress/performance, inform programming, and monitor/manage fatigue. Before receiving the Assistant position with Basketball, Spencer served as a Strength Intern for the Spring semester in 2015.
Alex received his Bachelor’s Degree in Health, Human Performance, & Recreation from Baylor University in 2015. He holds the Strength & Conditioning Coach Certification from the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa - SCCC). He is also a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA - CSCS).
Alex and his wife, Shawna, reside in Cleburne, Texas, with their two sons, Wyatt and Rhett, and their Australian Cattle Dog, Charlie. The Spencer Family attends Stonewater Church.
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All-Americans
Sarah Kim (Golf; 2017)
Ann Parmerter (Golf; 2017, 2018, 2019)
Hanna Harrison (Golf; 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Evelyn Arguelles (Golf; 2018, 2019, 2020)
MD Johnson (Baseball; 2019)
Bryce Ball (Baseball; 2019)
Jeffrey David (Baseball; 2020 Freshman All-American)
Faith DeLaGarza (Golf; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Julia Garcia (Golf; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Jackson Glenn (Baseball; 2021)
Dominic Hamel (Baseball; 2021)
Olivia Mitchell (Golf; 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Jaycie Stewart (Golf; 2021, 2022)
Jordan Karrh (Golf; 2022, 2023, 2024)
Ella Cheek (Golf; 2024)
Lesli Salas (Cross Country; 2024)
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MLB Draft Picks
Burl Carraway (2020 - Chicago Cubs - 2nd Round)
Jimmy Glowenke (2020 - San Francisco Giants - 2nd Round)
Dominic Hamel (2021 - New York Mets - 3rd Round)
Jackson Glenn (2021 - Pittsburgh Pirates - 5th Round)
MD Johnson (2019 - Miami Marlins - 6th Round)
Jordan Martinson (2019 - New York Mets - 11th Round)
Rhett Kouba (2021 - Houston Astros - 12th Round)
River Town (2021 - Kansas City Royals - 15th Round)
Ross Carver (2021 - Arizona Diamondbacks - 20th Round)
Herbert Iser (2019 - Philadelphia Phillies - 23rd Round)
Bryce Ball (2019 - Atlanta Braves - 24th)
Luke Bandy (2019 - Boston Red Sox - 29th Round)
Jarod Bayless (2019 - Seattle Mariners - 33rd Round)
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Women’s Golf (2017- Present)
2024 Lone Star Conference Champions
2024 NCAA Regional (2nd)
2024 NCAA National Championship Appearance (Semifinalist - Match Play)
2023 Lone Star Conference Runner Up
2023 NCAA Regional Champions
2023 NCAA National Champions
2022 Lone Sar Conference Tournament Champions
2022 NCAA Regional Champions
2022 NCAA National Championship Appearance (Quarterfinalist - Match Play)
2021 Lone Star Conference Tournament Champions
2021 Regional (2nd)
2021 NCAA National ChampionsÂ
2019 Heartland Conference Tournament Champions
2019 NCAA Regional Champions
2019 NCAA National Championship Appearance (Quarterfinalist - Match Play)
2018 Heartland Conference Tournament Champions
2018 NCAA Regional Champions
2018 NCAA National Championship Appearance (3rd)
2017 Heartland Conference Tournament Champions
2017 NCAA Regional (2nd)
2017 NCAA National (2nd)
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Men’s Soccer (2022- Present)
2023 Lone Star Conference Tournament Runner Up
2022 Lone Star Conference Tournament Appearance
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Track & Field/Cross Country (2023- Present)
2023 Lone Star Conference Runner Up (Men)
2023 Lone Star Conference Runner Up (Women)
2023 NCAA Regional (Men; 11th)
2023 NCAA Regional (Women; 8th)
2023 National Championships (Women; 25th)
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Baseball (2019-2021)
2021 MVC Regular Season Champions
2021 MVC Tournament Champions
2021 NCAA Regional Champions (Ft Worth)
2021 NCAA Super Regional (Columbia)
2019 MVC Regular Season Champions
2019 MVC Tournament Final
2019 NCAA Regional Final (Lubbock)
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Basketball (2017-2018)
2018 Heartland Conference Regular Season Champions
2018 Heartland Conference Tournament Champions
2018 NCAA Regional Appearance
2017 Heartland Conference Regular Season Champions
2017 NCCAA National Tournament Appearance
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Women’s Tennis (2017-2019)
2019 Heartland Conference Championship Appearance
2018 NCCAA National Championship
2017 Heartland Conference Tournament Appearance
2017 NCAA Regional Appearance
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