North Carolina A&T head football coach Vincent Brown named Alex Purviance his defensive assistant coach on April 12, 2023. Before his time in Aggieland, Purviance served as the secondary and defensive line quality control at Yale University during the 2022 season, leading the Bulldogs to an Ivy League championship.Â
The previous season, he worked as an outside linebacker quality control at Furman University. His collegiate coaching career started at his alma mater, William & Mary. Purviance served as a defensive/special teams quality control. Purviance played four seasons as a linebacker at William & Mary, mostly under current Brown when Brown served as the Tribe's defensive coordinator/linebackers coach.Â
Purviance appeared in games for the Tribe for three straight years while earning CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll accolades.
