Melvin Spears

Melvin Spears
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1960-01-16) January 16, 1960 Clinton, Louisiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1994	Casa Grande Union H.S. (DC)
1995–1997	Morgan State (DC)
1998–2003	Grambling State (OC)
2004–2006	Grambling State
2008	Texas Southern (WR)
2009	Texas Southern (RB)
2010	Alabama State (OC)
2011	Alcorn State
Head coaching record
Overall	22–22
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2005 SWAC Championship
Awards
2005 SWAC Coach of the Year

Melvin Spears (born January 16, 1960) is the former head coach at Grambling State University and Alcorn State University.^[1] Previously, he was the sixth head college football coach for the Grambling State Tigers located in Grambling, Louisiana and he held that position for three seasons, from 2004 until 2006. His coaching record at Grambling was 20 wins, 14 losses, and 0 ties. He then served as a coach at Texas Southern University, working with the wide receivers in 2008 then moving over to running backs.^[2] He also served as the offensive coordinator of Alabama State University during the 2010 season. Spears was selected on January 19, 2011 to the post of head coach of his alma mater of Alcorn State University.^[3] Spears was fired by Alcorn State on February 24, 2012. He had previously been placed on administrative leave.^[4]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Grambling State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2004–2006)
2004	Grambling State	6–5	3–4	3rd (West)
2005	Grambling State	11–1	9–0	1st (West)
2006	Grambling State	3–8	3–6	T–3rd (West)
Grambling State:		20–14	15–10
Alcorn State Braves (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2011)
2011	Alcorn State	2–8	1–8	T–4th (East)
Alcorn State:		2–8	1–8
Total:		22–22
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

Melvin Spears at Alcorn State

Grambling State Tigers head football coaches

R. W. E. Jones (1928–1931)
No team (1932)
Unknown (1933)
Ozias Johnson (1934)
Emory Hines (1935–1940)
Eddie Robinson (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Eddie Robinson (1946–1997)
Doug Williams (1998–2003)
Melvin Spears (2004–2006)
Rod Broadway (2007–2010)
Doug Williams (2011–2013)
George Ragsdale # (2013)
Dennis Winston # (2013)
Broderick Fobbs (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Alcorn State Braves head football coaches

O. A. Ross (1922–1933)
W. Morton (1934–1935)
A. A. Abraham (1936)
L. Harris (1937)
A. A. Abraham (1938)
L. Harris (1939–1940)
A. A. Abraham (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Anderson (1945)
Reuben Alba (1946)
W. Felix Harris (1947)
Dwight Fisher (1948–1956)
W. Broadus (1947)
E. E. Simmons (1958–1959)
Franklin Purnell (1960–1963)
Marino Casem (1964–1985)
Theophilus Danzy (1986–1990)
Cardell Jones (1991–1997)
Johnny Thomas (1998–2007)
Ernest T. Jones (2008)
Earnest Collins, Jr. (2009–2010)
Melvin Spears (2011)
Jay Hopson (2012–2015)
Fred McNair (2016– )

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