As the men's head coach and high school dean of students at Florida's Coral Springs Charter School, Alex Groothuis draws on more than 15 years of basketball coaching experience across a variety of levels. From 2003 to 2006, Alex Groothuis served as assistant men's basketball coach at Fordham University.
Despite never having finished above last place at the time Groothuis was hired, the Fordham University men's basketball team reached the conference semifinals in 2005 and achieved its first winning season in the Atlantic 10 Conference. However, the 2018-19 season is expected to play out much the same as the years prior to 2005, as Fordham was projected to finish last in a preseason poll of the 14-team conference.
In the poll, released by media members and a panel of the conference's head coaches, Saint Louis received 15 of a possible 26 first-place votes and finished at the top, with a total of 348 points. Saint Joseph's, meanwhile, received four first-place votes and a combined 324 points. Davidson, which won the conference championship in 2017-18, finished third in the poll, with 314 points. Fordham finished well behind the pack, with only 33 points, compared to 13th-place George Washington, which had 73 points. Atlantic 10 Conference play begins on January 3.
Despite never having finished above last place at the time Groothuis was hired, the Fordham University men's basketball team reached the conference semifinals in 2005 and achieved its first winning season in the Atlantic 10 Conference. However, the 2018-19 season is expected to play out much the same as the years prior to 2005, as Fordham was projected to finish last in a preseason poll of the 14-team conference.
In the poll, released by media members and a panel of the conference's head coaches, Saint Louis received 15 of a possible 26 first-place votes and finished at the top, with a total of 348 points. Saint Joseph's, meanwhile, received four first-place votes and a combined 324 points. Davidson, which won the conference championship in 2017-18, finished third in the poll, with 314 points. Fordham finished well behind the pack, with only 33 points, compared to 13th-place George Washington, which had 73 points. Atlantic 10 Conference play begins on January 3.