Melvin Levett
Personal information | |
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Born | Cleveland, Ohio | April 25, 1976
Nationality | American |
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 | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Melvin Levett (born April 25, 1976) is a former American basketball player and American 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. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ "CNN/SI - Melvin Levett - -". Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ Pointers from the 'Helicopter'
- 1976 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Ohio
- Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball players
- Cincinnati Stuff players
- Detroit Pistons draft picks
- Harlem Globetrotters players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Shooting guards
- Szolnoki Olaj KK players
- Sportspeople from Cleveland
- American basketball biography, 1970s birth stubs