- Randy Melvin
NFL PlayerCoach
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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1959|4|3
Birthplace=Aurora, Illinois
College=Eastern Illinois
Position=Defensive Line Coach
coach=yes
coachingyears=1982
1983-1984
1985-1987
1988-1994
1995-1996
1997-1999
2000-2001
2002-2003
2004
2005-"present"
coachingteams=Urbana High School
(Assistant Coach)Aurora West High School
(Assistant Coach)Aurora West High School
(Head Coach)
Eastern Illinois
(Defensive Line Coach)
Wyoming
(Defensive Tackles Coach)
Purdue
(Defensive Ends Coach)New England Patriots
(Defensive Line Coach)
Rutgers
(Defensive Line Coach)
Illinois
(Defensive Line Coach)Cleveland Browns
(Defensive Line Coach)Randy Melvin (born
April 3 ,1959 inAurora, Illinois ) is the currentAmerican football defensive line coach for theCleveland Browns of theNational Football League .Playing career
High school
Melvin attended
Aurora West High School inAurora, Illinois and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994.College
Melvin attended
Eastern Illinois University , where he played football as a defensive lineman from 1978 to 1981. He earned hisMaster's degree from the school in 1993 and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1995.Coaching career
High school
Melvin began his coaching career at Urbana High School an assistant coach in 1982. He then returned to his alma mater Aurora West High School as an assistant coach from 1983 to 1984 before being named their head coach for 1985, a position he held through 1987.
College
In 1988, Melvin entered the college coaching ranks at his alma mater Eastern Illinois University as their defensive line coach. After seven seasons with Eastern Illinois, he left for the
University of Wyoming to be theirdefensive tackle s coach for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. From 1997 through 1999, Melvin served asPurdue University 'sdefensive end s coach. He returned to college coaching in 2002 as the defensive line coach atRutgers University . After two seasons with the team, he spent the 2004 season with theUniversity of Illinois as their defensive line coach before returning to the professional ranks.NFL
New England Patriots
For their 1995 training camp, Melvin worked with the
Denver Broncos as part of the NFL's minority coaching fellowship program. He participated in this program for the next two years as well with theNew York Jets , the second of which, 1997, was spent whileBill Belichick was the Jets' assistant head coach. When Belichick left the Jets in 2000 to serve as theNew England Patriots ' head coach, Melvin was hired as Belichick's defensive line coach. In his second and final season with the team in 2001, Melvin earned his firstSuper Bowl ring by winningSuper Bowl XXXVI .Cleveland Browns
After Melvin's former defensive coordinator with the Patriots
Romeo Crennel was hired as the Browns' head coach in 2005, Melvin rejoined the NFL coaching ranks as the Browns' defensive line coach.Personal
Melvin and his wife Karen have a son named Lance Randall and a daughter named Malia Nikole.
External links
* [http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/coaches_detail.php?id=39 Cleveland Browns profile]
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