Alvin Ashley has been named as Assistant Football Coach/Defensive Coordinator and Strength/Conditioning coach.  He is a native of Fort Meyers, Florida, where he attended Mariner High School.  Following high school, he played football and basketball at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minnesota, where he became one of the most successful wide receivers in school history.  During his four-year career (1990-1993) at SMSU, Ashley set nearly every school record for receiving, return yards and total offense and was twice named as a NAIA First-Team All-American.  His name is still all over the SMSU record book as he currently holds 34 different school records in almost every receiving, returning and total offense category.  As a freshman (1990), he helped the Mustangs win their first ever Northern Intercollegiate Conference Championship and to reach the first round of the NAIA playoffs, just their second appearance in school history.  Although SMSU lost to powerhouse Carson-Newman College, Ashley was the game's top receiver, leading both teams with 12 catches for 171 yards.

After college, Ashley was drafted by the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League, sparking an eleven-year playing career in the AFL.  He played for Milwaukee, Albany, Miami, Minnesota, New Jersey, Tampa, Carolina, and Grand Rapids and holds several distinguished milestones.  He was the sixth player in AFL history to record 15,000 all-purpose yards; he is one of only five players in the AFL to log both 5,000 career receiving yards and 5,000 return yards.  He is one of only seven AFL players to have both 10,000 career all-purpose yards and 500 receptions.  Ashley was named the Second Team All-Arena in 1997, was selected to the First Team All-Arena in 1998 and to the 1998 All-Ironman Team.  Ashley had 629 catches for 7,561 yards and 142 touchdowns in the AFL career, along with 16 rushing attempts for 50 years and one touchdown.  On the other side of the ball, he had 185 career solo tackles as a defensive back, with 41 assists, 29 pass blocks, 16 interceptions with 185 INT yards and one interception return for a touchdown.  Ashley accumulated 438 returns in his AFL career, totaling 7,604 yards and six touchdowns. 

Alvin and his wife Stephanie lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  They have one daughter, Shaunteva (16) and one son Taylen (4).