BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Pratt Institute Director of Athletics and Recreation Walter Rickard has announced the appointment of Alexander Moule as Head Men's and Women's Volleyball Coach. Moule joined the Cannoneers staff on August 7, 2023.
In addition to his coaching responsibilities developing Pratt's NCAA Division III volleyball programs, Moule will also serve as Events and Facilities Coordinator within the Athletics and Recreation Department.
"I am really excited to have Alex join our team. He really stood out with his love for the game of volleyball and his drive to build a program," remarked Rickard on the appointment. "He also brings the experience of a Division III head coach, a club volleyball coach and as a Division III student-athlete, which I believe makes him a good fit for our men's and women's volleyball programs as we continue to build."
"There is no greater feeling than a diverse group of individuals achieving one common goal," commented Moule. "I am excited for the opportunity to be named the Pratt Institute Head Men's and Women's Volleyball Coach. Pratt's vision and dedication towards academic excellence and athletic success is something that I am honored to be a part of."
Moule comes to Pratt from Baruch College where he also was the head men's and women's volleyball coach. He highlighted his lone season with Baruch guiding the men's team to the 2023 City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) title and a trip to the NCAA tournament. After falling to top-ranked and eventual national semifinalist Vassar in the NCAA First Round, the Bearcats ended their season with a 19-11 record overall.
He helped a sub-.500 Baruch women's team to a four-win improvement and a 15-15 overall record in 2022, concluding their season in the CUNYAC semifinals, falling to eventual champion Hunter College.
Over the course of the 2022-23 academic year at Baruch, Moule helped develop and produce six CUNYAC All-Stars — three men and three women — four who received first-team praise.
He attended Lasell University in Massachusetts and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He played for three seasons (2015-2017) as a libero/right side on their volleyball team. Earning Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) All-Tournament Team honors in 2015, Moule helped lead the Lasers to the program's first and only GNAC title and NCAA tournament appearance.
After concluding his collegiate playing career, Moule turned to coaching, beginning at the high school and club level. In his third year as head girls varsity coach at Fontbonne Hall Academy in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, he won the Catholic High Schools Athletic Association (CHSAA) Brooklyn-Queens Championship, the CHSAA City Championship and finished as the runner-up in the CHSAA State Championship. He also served as the head boys varsity coach at the Poly Prep Country Day School for one season. Moule also coached at Brooklyn Elite Volleyball Club since 2018 and in the same year founded Riis Park Volleyball Academy, which offers tournaments and clinics for adults and children during the summer.
An entrepreneur off the court, Moule was a finalist in the Lasell business department "Test Your Big Grant Idea" competition and used the prize money to fund his startup coffee shop "Wise clock Cafe" at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, which he has owned and operated for the last five years. In 2022, he also opened a franchise with Oddfellows Ice Cream in Rockaway Beach, Queens.
Born and raised in Rockaway Beach, Moule currently resides in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
