Capt. S.M. or E. L. Alexander was an American football coach. He succeeded Herman G. Steiner as the head football coach Trinity College—now known as Duke University—in midseason in 1923, where the team had a record of 5–4. He attended The Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania (1906–1909) and spent two years at Lafayette College under coach Bob Folwell. In 1911, he followed Folwell to Washington & Jefferson College, where he played another two years. In 1916, he coached an Army team in El Paso, Texas, and the following year, after the U.S. entered World War I, he coached an Army team in Augusta, Georgia and in 1922 was in charge of the freshman athletics at Trinity College. Head coaching record References Year of birth missing Year of death missing Duke Blue Devils football coaches Washington & Jefferson Presidents football players