Meet a Colleague: Alex Radsky

Meet a Colleague: Alex Radsky Alex Radsky serves as assistant wrestling coach.

W&L News Office
July 22, 2026

Q. How long have you worked at W&L?
I have worked at W&L for 11 years.

Q. What is the favorite aspect of your job at W&L?
Working with the students and really building strong relationships with them.

Q. If you chose a different path, what other career would you have?
Well, I studied international politics in college and at one point thought I would work overseas.

Q. Where did you grow up?
Columbus, Ohio.

Q. What was your favorite subject in school?
History.

Q. What three words describe you best?
You'd have to ask my wife.

Q. Name one person from history you would like to spend a day with and why.
I would probably pick a family member that I never got to know.

Q. Who is the most famous person you have met and where did you meet them?
I went to college for two years with Steph Curry.

Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
My wife says I have a lot of them.

Q. What do you like to do away from work?
Anything outdoors, especially gardening or hiking.

Q. What is your least favorite chore at home?
Cleaning the cat litter box.

Q. What is your favorite family holiday tradition?
Just getting my extended family together at Thanksgiving.

Q. What is the most adventurous thing that you have ever done?
I spent a summer while in college training with the Belarus national wrestling team in Minsk.

Q. What is your all-time favorite food or food dish?
I would consider myself a foodie, which makes it hard to pick a single favorite, as I've been cooking since I was a kid and still love cooking. I make pretty good sourdough bread so that is one thing I've been working on for some time.

Q. Where would you choose to build your dream home?
Maybe right here in Rockbridge County.

What is your all-time favorite book?
"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Q. If you could choose one series to binge-watch, what would it be?
I don't watch too many TV shows but occasionally do get into one. Most recent, a really good one was "Arcane."

Q. What is your all-time favorite movie?
"The Matrix."

Q. What song or artist could you play on repeat?
Right now I'm listening to a lot of contemporary Ukrainian music. I loved the Dhaka Brakha concert on campus last spring and have been listening to them and a few other contemporary bands.

Q. Tell us something most people don't know about you.
I was born in Odesa, Ukraine.