Edgar “Alan” Alanis enters his first season as a Graduate Assistant Coach for the DBU Men’s Basketball team. Most recently, Alan served as an assistant coach to the Schreiner University Men’s Basketball program in Kerrville, Tx. Prior to that, Alan spent a season with Southeastern Illinois Men’s Basketball team in Harrisburg, Illinois. Alan has also served as a Basketball Operations Assistant for the NBA G-League Team Rio Grande Valley Vipers, affiliate of the Houston Rockets for the 2018-2019 season.
Alan’s responsibilities as an assistant coach at the college level has consisted of leading individual and group workouts, basketball operations, reviewing and editing film, scouting opponents, recruiting players, and academic supervision.
While at Schreiner University, Alan helped develop Second-Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention players in the SCAC and assisted the team in achieving an overall 3.0 GPA average.
During his time with the RGV Vipers, Alan worked under the guidance of Joseph Blair, current assistant coach for the NBA’s Washington Wizards. He assisted with video coordination, creation of personnel, player development, scouting and tracking player minutes. That season, the RGV Vipers won the NBA G League Championship. Alan assisted with the development of the Most Improved Player of the Year Mike Frazier and NBA G-League Finals MVP Isaiah Hartenstein, and multiple NBA players including Bruno Caboclo, Daniel House, Chris Chiozza, Gary Payton, and Gary Clark.
During the past two Summers Alan assisted NBA Trainer Tim Springer in workouts with pros such as CJ Miles, Keldon Johnson, Aric Holman, Simi Shittu, and Kaleb Johnson.
Alan had a short stint at Bethany College playing point guard in the 2006-07 season. After graduating with his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Texas College, Alan coached high school boys’ basketball for seven years with two years as a varsity head coach.
A native of Brownsville, Texas, Alan completed his Master of Science in Recreation and Sports Sciences from Ohio University in 2018 and is currently pursuing a second master’s degree of Arts in Leadership. He currently lives in Fort Worth with his wife Alejandra and his three children Gael, Arianni and Leo.
