Melvin Watkins
| Sport(s) | Men's basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Associate head coach |
| Team | Arkansas |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 15, 1954 Reidsville, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1973–1977 | Charlotte |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978–1987 | Charlotte (asst.) |
| 1987–1996 | Charlotte (assoc HC.) |
| 1996–1998 | Charlotte |
| 1998–2004 | Texas A&M |
| 2004–2011 | Missouri (assoc HC.) |
| 2006 | Missouri (interim) |
| 2011–present | Arkansas (assoc HC.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 103–132 (.434) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Conference USA Coach of the Year (1997) No. 32 retired by UNC Charlotte |
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Melvin Lenzo Watkins (born November 15, 1954) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He is an assistant coach under Mike Anderson at the University of Arkansas. He has also been the associate head coach at the University of Missouri. He served as interim head coach during the end of the 2006 season, but returned to his former position when new coach Mike Anderson was hired.
Born in Reidsville, North Carolina, Melvin Watkins attended Reidsville High School. Watkins started for the Reidsville High basketball team for from 1970 to 1973. As a senior, he was named team captain and, after helping the team earn the state championship, was named a 1973 high school All-American.
Watkins played college basketball at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he was the point guard and team captain of the Charlotte 49ers' 1977 Final Four team. His #32 jersey was retired at his final home game in 1977. While at Charlotte, Watkins made a point to complete his education, earning a B.A. in Economics in 1977.
Watkins was drafted in the fourth round of the 1977 NBA draft by the Buffalo Braves, but never played in the NBA.
In 1978, Watkins became an assistant coach for Charlotte's head coach Mike Pratt, and would continue as an assistant with Charlotte through eighteen seasons and three coaches: Pratt, Hal Wissel, and Jeff Mullins. When Mullins retired in 1996, Watkins was promoted and became the seventh head coach in school history and the first Charlotte alumnus to hold the position.
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