1. Randy Melvin was born on April 3,1959 and is an American gridiron football coach who is the defensive line coach for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.
21 Facts About Randy Melvin
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Randy Melvin attended Eastern Illinois University, where he played football as a defensive lineman from 1978 to 1981.
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Randy Melvin earned his Master's degree from the school in 1993 and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Randy Melvin began his coaching career at Urbana High School an assistant coach in 1982.
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Randy Melvin 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.
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Randy Melvin returned to the high school level for the 2017 season as an assistant coach for Clearwater High School.
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In 1988, Randy Melvin entered the college coaching ranks at his alma mater Eastern Illinois University as their defensive line coach.
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From 1997 through 1999, Randy Melvin served as Purdue University's defensive ends coach.
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Randy Melvin returned to college coaching in 2002 as the defensive line coach at Rutgers University.
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Randy Melvin participated in this program for the next two years as well with the New York Jets, the second of which, 1997, was spent while Bill Belichick was the Jets' assistant head coach.
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When Belichick left the Jets in 2000 to serve as the New England Patriots' head coach, Randy Melvin was hired as Belichick's defensive line coach.
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Randy Melvin returned to the college ranks to coach the Temple Owls' defensive line for the 2009 season.
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Randy Melvin was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive line coach from 2012 to 2013.
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On June 1,2011, it was announced that Randy Melvin had accepted the position of defensive line coach with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.
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The BC Lions won the Grey Cup and Randy Melvin earned another championship.
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Randy Melvin was the defensive line coach at Florida International University for the 2014 season.
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Randy Melvin rejoined Al Golden as the defensive line coach at the University of Miami for the 2015 season.
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On December 31,2015, Randy Melvin returned to Purdue University as the defensive line coach for Darrell Hazell.
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Randy Melvin returned to the BC Lions for the 2018 season as the defensive line coach where he coached for one season.
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Randy Melvin coached with the Tiger-Cats for four seasons, but was not retained in 2024.
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On January 2,2025, Randy Melvin returned to the BC Lions as the defensive line coach.