Alex Coil
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Sports Reporter, Phoenix

Alex Coil expects to graduate in May 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism. Coil, who is in Barrett, the Honors College, was the broadcasting and media relations manager for the Florence Y’alls baseball team in 2021. He is working for the Phoenix sports bureau.

Latest from Alex Coil

Reunited and it feels so … normal: Arizona’s Liberatore, Gorman back together in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – From little league to professional baseball, Matthew Liberatore and Nolan Gorman have taken the journey together. They were recently reunited in Memphis.


Wildcats emerge from tough times, advance to men’s Sweet 16

SAN DIEGO – Arizona taught a master class in overcoming adversity this season, and they did it again in an overtime victory against TCU that propelled the Wildcats into the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time since 2017.


Tommy Lloyd: Arizona fans ‘have got to be better’ in NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament meeting with TCU

SAN DIEGO – Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd expressed frustration with the Wildcats fan base as well as the NCAA process of operating event attendance on the eve of the team’s meeting with TCU.


Moving on: Arizona men advance in NCAA Tournament despite 19 turnovers against Wright State

SAN DIEGO – Entering Friday night’s game, the news was encouraging and it appear Kerr Kriisa would play. Instead, the injured Arizona guard remained sidelined and the Wildcats struggled with turnovers in their victory over Wright State in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.


Despite tournament inexperience, Arizona men’s basketball brings confidence to March Madness

SAN DIEGO – The Arizona Wildcats haven’t played in an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament since losing to Buffalo in the first round of the 2018 event. The new-look team with a new coach is excited to begin its journey in San Diego.


ASU men’s hockey says goodbye to Oceanside Ice Arena with a bang

TEMPE – With the impending completion of ASU’s multipurpose arena, Sun Devils men's hockey played its final game at the "blue collar" Oceanside Ice Arena, winning a chippy, physical, penalty-filled game against Long Island.


ASU women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne steps down after 25-season run

TEMPE – Arizona State women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne announced at a press conference today that she will step down from her role after 25 seasons with the program.


It’s official: Coyotes announce move to ASU’s multipurpose arena, addition of locker complex

PHOENIX — Following ABOR’s approval to build a new locker complex, the Arizona Coyotes announced the franchise will move to ASU’s multipurpose arena for the next three seasons with an option for a fourth.


Work ethic, commitment lead Zhong to Olympics as ASU hockey’s first Olympian

TEMPE – Peter Zhong, ASU hockey’s first Olympian, used work ethic and commitment to reach international hockey’s highest stage, representing China, his native country.


Four walls ‘don’t build a culture’: Coyotes react to report of move to ASU

GLENDALE – Coyotes head coach André Tourigny reacts to uncertainty of where the team will play games next season as reports of talks intensifying to use ASU’s multipurpose arena surface.