bolster student spirit. The group would later become the Ramblin' Reck Club. All-Alexander Era team QB Buck Flowers HB Stumpy Thomason HB Red Barron FB Doug Wycoff E Bill Jordan T Frank Speer G Oscar Davis C Peter Pund G Harvey Hardy T Vance Maree E Bob Ison AD On January 30, 1945, Coach Alexander retired as head football coach but remained Georgia Tech's athletic director until his death in 1950. Alexander has the second most victories of any Tech football coach. Legacy Alexander was succeeded as head coach by one of his assistants, Bobby Dodd, who became the most successful head football coach in Georgia Tech history. Dodd lionized Coach Alexander, which was later reflected in his coaching style. "He taught me to treat athletes as men, not boys - to never use their failings as an alibi for a loss," Dodd said. The Alexander Memorial Coliseum (recently renamed Hank McCamish Pavilion), the home arena of Georgia Tech's basketball teams, was named after him. Coaching tree Dad Amis: played for Georgia Tech (1920–1923), head coach for Furman (1928–1931). Bobby Dodd: assistant for Georgia Tech (1931–1944), head coach for Georgia Tech (1945–1966) Bill Fincher: played for Georgia Tech (1916–1920), head coach for William & Mary (1921), assistant for Georgia Tech (1927–1928). Don Miller: assistant for Georgia Tech (1925–1928). Mack Tharpe: played for Georgia Tech (1926), assistant for Georgia Tech (1928–1941). Head coaching record Football References External links 1889 births 1950 deaths American football ends American football quarterbacks Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets athletic directors Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football coaches Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball coaches College Football Hall of Fame inductees Basketball coaches from Kentucky Coaches of American football from Kentucky Players of American football from Kentucky