Football

Alex Nelson was named to the Tusculum coaching staff in the Summer of 2021 where he serves as wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator. In 2022, he was named as the program's recruiting coordinator.

He came to Tusculum after serving as the offensive graduate assistant coach at the University of Florida on Coach Dan Mullen's staff. While with the Gators, he worked with the receivers. His duties included opponent scouting reports, weekly game plan and inventory management, gameday charting, game day offensive scouting, defensive scout team carding and scripting, and offensive recruiting management.

While in Gainesville, the Gators posted a 19-6 record. The 2019 club went 11-2 while winning the Orange Bowl posting a victory over Virginia. Florida finished that season ranked ninth in the country. In 2020, the Gators went 8-4, but tallied an impressive 8-2 league record to win the SEC Eastern Division title and advanced to the Cotton Bowl. Florida ended the year ranked 13th in the nation.

He coached two seasons at NCAA FBS Georgia State University from 2017-2019 where he served on the offensive staff and worked primarily with the quarterbacks. The 2017 GSU Panthers went 7-5 including a 27-17 win over Western Kentucky in the Autonation Cure Bowl in Orlando, Florida.

He served on the coaching staff at Florida Atlantic University for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. in 2015, he was the offensive quality control assistant and worked with the FAU offensive line. In 2016, he was the Offensive Quality Control Analyst and assisted with the quarterbacks.

Nelson graduated from Florida in 2014 earning his bachelor of science in biology with minors in fishery and aquatic sciences.