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Biography
Melvin Spears (born January 16, 1960) is the former head coach at Grambling State University and Alcorn State University. 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. 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. Spears was fired by Alcorn State on February 24, 2012. He had previously been placed on administrative leave.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||