Alex Tousignant was named a Senior Applied Sports Scientist for Nebraska Athletics in December 2025. He is responsible for developing athletic performance research projects with the primary focus on enhancing student-athlete performance and health. Tousignant supports the men's basketball program through the monitoring of training effects while assisting in training load, recovery and rehabilitation prescriptions.
Tousignant previously served as an assistant sports scientist for the University of Nebraska Athletic Performance Lab from (2024-25).
Prior to Nebraska, Tousignant worked at the University of Pittsburgh as a sports science graduate assistant, automating and centralizing the reporting process of women's lacrosse GPS, performance and wellness data to create a sports science hub in Shiny. Tousignant also informed coaches, strength and conditioning, athletic training and nutrition departments by providing objective training, match, return to play, lifestyle, and seasonal reports. He was also honored as the Hawkin Dynamics Emergining Sports Science Professional for his graduate research while at Pittsburgh.
Tousignant spent three off-seasons with Noble Sports Performance, coaching detailed off-season performance programs for NHL, Olympic and elite junior hockey players as well as leading all sports science initiatives, including performance assessments and data analysis to inform training prescription.
Tousignant started his career as a sports performance intern at Brock University during his undergraduate degree and included stops as head strength and conditioning coach for the Halifax Thunderbirds of the NLL, associate head of strength and conditioning at St. Andrews College, and lead strength and conditioning coach for Ridley College Prep Basketball.
Tousignant has his bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Brock University (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) and his master's degree in sports science from the University of Pittsburgh. He holds his NSCA-CSCS certification.
Alex grew up in Toronto, Ontario and enjoys exploring new places and cultures through sports.