Following back-to-back 1-10 seasons, little was expected of the Tech football program headed into the 2019 campaign, by the outsiders that is. The purple and gold were selected to finish last among the Ohio Valley Conference's nine teams in both the coaches/sports information directors poll and the media poll.

Thankfully, the second-year head coach paid very little attention to the prognosticators, guiding his team to a 6-6 overall record and the second-largest turnaround in FCS football. Alexander's squad turned in the most wins by a Tech team since 2011, when the purple and gold won its first OVC title in 37 years.

The team also collected its first victory over perennial power Jacksonville State since 2010, a benchmark win for a program on the rise. The 2019 edition of the Golden Eagles scored the second-most points in program history with 348, trailing only the 2011 squad with 355.