Coaching Experience
• Senior Director of Player Personnel, Cornell University (2024-present)
• Director of Football Operations, Cornell University (2019-2024)
• Assistant to the Head Coach, Cornell University (2018)
• Defensive Intern, Cornell University (2017-18)
• Defensive Graduate Assistant Coach, Florida A&M University (2015-16)
• Player Personnel Intern, Las Vegas Outlaws (AFL) (summer 2015)
• Football Operations/Player Development Intern, Detroit Lions (summer 2014)
• Volunteer Offensive Assistant Coach, Ithaca College (2013-14)
• Football Operations Intern, Pittsburgh Power (AFL) (summer 2013)
Playing Experience
• Saint Vincent College (2009-12)
• Four-year varsity member
• Received 2012 Saint Vincent Football Bearcat Coaches Award
• Two-time academic all-conference honor roll selection
Education
• B.S., Marketing, Saint Vincent College (2013)
• M.S., Sport Management, State University of New York at Cortland (2015)
At Cornell
Alex Peffley, who has spent time at both Florida A&M and Ithaca College as well internships in the AFL and NFL, joined the Cornell football coaching staff as a defensive intern in 2017, became the assistant to the head coach in 2018 and transitioned into the director of football operations in 2019. In 2024, Peffley was promoted to Senior Director of Player Personnel.
Prior to Cornell
Peffley was a graduate assistant coach at Florida A&M the last two seasons, serving as defensive quality control and assistant defensive backs coach. He coached three all-league defensive backs, including first-team selection Jacques Bryant. The Rattlers ranked fifth in the FCS in pass defense, sixth in takeaways, eighth in fumble recoveries, 19th in red zone defense and 22nd in interceptions. Peffley served as interim recruiting coordinator following the 2015 campaign and as walk-on coordinator during his final season. He was also instrumental in coordinating all aspects of team travel.
He previously had spent two years as a volunteer assistant on the offensive side of the football at Ithaca College. He coordinated offensive quality control and assisted with the offensive line, tight ends, running backs, fullbacks and wide receivers during his time on South Hill. While there, the Bombers won a pair of Empire 8 championships and appeared in the Division III playoffs both seasons.
He worked as a player personnel intern with the Las Vegas Outlaws of the Arena Football League in 2015 following a Football Operations and Player Development internship with the Detroit Lions in the summer of 2014. He began his career with a summer internship with the Pittsburgh Power of the AFL with duties in operations, personnel, equipment and video.
Playing Career
A 2013 graduate of Saint Vincent College with a degree in marketing with a minor in management, Peffley was a four-year member of the football team. He received the 2012 Saint Vincent Football Bearcat Coaches Award and was a two-time academic honor roll selection. He later earned a master's in sport management from Cortland in 2015.
Peffley and his wife, Caroline, reside in Ithaca.
Updated May 31, 2023
