Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach / DBO
- Email Address:
- zaa022@shsu.edu
- Alma Mater:
- UTEP
- Graduation Year:
- 2022
Alvarez joined the Lady Commodores for the 2024-25 season and made a big impact right away. He helped lead the team to a 20-8 overall record and guided four players to continue their basketball careers at four-year universities. Ja’Navia Gage transferred to Charlotte, Clara Koulibaly went to Auburn, Alisha Murray moved on to Grambling and Lesly Rivera signed with Delaware.
Alvarez worked closely with Gage, who earned many honors, including All-Panhandle Conference, DI All-FCSAA, NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American, and a spot on the FCSAA DI All-Tournament Team. He also coached Arianny Francisco De Olviera, Koulibaly and Alisha Murray, who each earned All-Panhandle Conference recognition.
Outside of his daily coaching at GCSC, Alvarez played an important role in recruiting new players and helping with player skill development.
Coach Alvarez joined the Lady Commodores' staff after a two-year stint with Nevada Women’s Basketball program. Prior to the 2022-2023 season, Alvarez was brought on to the Wolf Pack staff as a graduate assistant. In his first year as a graduate assistant, he was vital in all thing’s operations on and off the court.
Entering the 2023-2024 season, Alvarez was given the promotion to the role of Player Development, where he was given an active role in recruiting and on court coaching and development. He assisted in seeing the Wolf Pack to a fourth-place finish in a highly competitive Mountain West Conference, finishing with a .500 overall record and a 10-8 record in conference play.
Prior to Nevada, Alvarez got his start in the coaching profession as a practice player for the UTEP women’s basketball program before being elevated to an undergraduate assistant prior to the 2018-2019 season. Alvarez assisted the Miners' staff in all aspects of the program in his four-year stint from 2018-2022. Tasks that included but not limited to, scout preparation, video coordinator, equipment manager, and practice instruction.
In his playing days, Alvarez was an All-City basketball player at Del Valle High School in El Paso. He went on to play point guard at TaylorMade Prep in Pensacola, Fla. before ultimately returning to El Paso. Alvarez followed his playing career by receiving his undergraduate degree in Business Administration with a focus in Entrepreneurship from UTEP in 2022. He then received his master’s degree in Justice Management from Nevada.
