Melvin Levett

Melvin Levett
Personal information
Born	April 25, 1976 (age 48); Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Euclid (Euclid, Ohio)
College	Cincinnati (1995–1999)
NBA draft	1999: 2nd round, 54th overall pick
	Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career	1999–2003
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
1999–2000	Cincinnati Stuff
2000	Harlem Globetrotters
2000–2001	Saskatchewan Hawks
2001	Florida Sea Dragons
2001–2002	Kentucky Pro Cats
2002–2003	Szolnoki Olaj
Career highlights and awards
	Fourth-team Parade All-American (1995);
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Melvin Levett (born April 25, 1976) is an American former basketball player and high school basketball coach for the Winton Woods High School Warriors. As a shooting guard he was drafted by the Detroit Pistons and then later traded to the Los Angeles Lakers organization, though he never appeared in a regular season NBA game. He played collegiately for Cincinnati.^[1]^[2]^[3] While in college, he set the University of Cincinnati single-game record for three-point field goals when he made 10 against Eastern Kentucky.^[4]

Coaching career

Colerain High School (Ohio)

2015-16 season

In 2015, Levett accepted the job as head basketball coach at Colerain High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. His first and only win came on January 8, 2016 over Sycamore High School. Nick Martini led scoring for the Cardinals with 17 points, and 3 rebounds. Despite ending the regular season 1-21, the Cardinals made it to the state playoffs (due to OHSAA rules), but then lost 77–47 in the sectional final to the Lancers of La Salle High School

Winton Woods High School (Ohio)

2018–19 season

In 2018, a year after becoming a teacher at Winton Woods High School in Cincinnati, Levett became an assistant coach for the boys varsity basketball team. The Warriors would finish the 2019 season with a 14–7 record and an appearance in the OHSAA district championship game at the University of Dayton Arena, where they would lose to the Archbishop Moeller High School Crusaders, 57–15.

References

^ "Melvin Levett, Cincinnati". Retrieved 2008-03-09.
^ "SI.com - NBA - Melvin Levett Player Page". CNN. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
^ "CNN/SI - Melvin Levett - -". Archived from the original on January 24, 2001. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
^ Pointers from the 'Helicopter'

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[1] "Melvin Levett, Cincinnati". Retrieved 2008-03-09.

[2] "SI.com - NBA - Melvin Levett Player Page". CNN. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2008-03-09.

[3] "CNN/SI - Melvin Levett - -". Archived from the original on January 24, 2001. Retrieved 2008-03-09.

[UCmagazine-4] Pointers from the 'Helicopter'

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