Grand Junction baseball coach resigns

Donnie Alexander, the baseball coach at Grand Junction, resigned on Tuesday.

His resignation is effective immediately, according to a press release from District 51. Assistant coach Jeff McLaughlin will assume the interim head coach role.

Alexander took over the program prior to the 2012-13 season. He was 36-20 in two-and-a-half seasons.

Grand Junction and Alexander were placed on restriction prior to this season because of a violation of the Sunday contact rule.

Restriction bars a team (or coach) from participating in the postseason, but the restriction is expected to be temporarily lifted by the CHSAA staff just prior to the postseason to allow the team to play.

Alexander played baseball at Northern Colorado in the early 1990s. He came to Grand Junction after various stints as an assistant at junior colleges and high schools.

Included in his coaching history is a five-year stint as an assistant at Lamar Community College, time at Central Arizona, and also a season at Palisade High School.