USF coach Alex Golesh has led the No. 18 Bulls to an incredible 6-1 start to the season, with a place in the college football playoffs still on the cards. The Bulls’ incredible season has led to Golesh being linked to several high-profile jobs as the season has reached its climax.
Off the field, the Bulls coach’s background and family have also come under scrutiny, with his wife, Alexis Golesh, grabbing headlines for her support of her husband on game days.
Who is Alexis Golesh?
Alexis Golesh met Alex Golesh in 2008 when he was a graduate assistant for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. She followed him to Toledo when he became the Rockets’ running backs coach in 2009, and they got married in 2010. The couple has a daughter, Corbin, and a son, Barrett.
Alexis is a professional dietitian and holds a master’s degree in healthcare management. She is also a nursing home consultant, mostly in her home state of Arkansas.
During an interview on CBS Sports after arriving at USF, the Bulls coach paid tribute to his wife and her support for his career.
“Usually, we don’t get time to reflect on anything, we just keep moving to the next thing,” Alex Golesh said. “But when I saw her, I could tell that she was proud. And, I think back to what we’ve done to get to this point.
“I’ve dragged her all over the country. She’s the most unselfish person I’ve ever met. Because she says, ‘Let’s go. I’ve got your back.’ And we’re rolling. She’s there for me. She’s there for our kids. So, I have moments when I see her and think, ‘Man, I’m so grateful for having a support system like that.”’
Alex Golesh Has A Russian Background
Alex Golesh was born in Moscow, Russia, but his family emigrated to the United States of America in 1991 when he was seven years old. He attended the Ohio State University before starting his coaching career as a defensive line coach at Westerville Central High School in 2003.
During an interview with Sports Illustrated, Golesh paid tribute to his parents, Vladimir and Bella Golesh, for sacrificing everything to move to America to give him and his brother Evgeny a better life.
“To drop everything and go, they sacrificed everything so my brother and I could have better lives,” Alex Golesh says. “We didn’t have much growing up, but I didn’t know it.”
Alex Golesh has led the Bulls to the AP Top 25 Poll for the first time in seven years, leading to his name being linked to vacant jobs at elite college football programs like the Florida Gators and the Penn State Nittany Lions.
