Randy Melvin (born April 3, 1959) is the

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for the

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of the

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(CFL).

Playing career

High school

Melvin attended Aurora West High School in

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and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994.

College

Melvin attended

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, where he played football as a defensive lineman from 1978 to 1981. He earned his

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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. Melvin returned to the high school level for the 2017 season as an assistant coach for Clearwater High School.

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

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to be their

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s coach for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. From 1997 through 1999, Melvin served as

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s coach. He returned to college coaching in 2002 as the defensive line coach at

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. After three seasons with the team, he returned to the professional ranks.

New England Patriots

For their

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training camp, Melvin worked with the

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as part of the NFL's minority coaching fellowship program. He participated in this program for the next two years as well with the

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, the second of which, 1997, was spent while

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was the Jets' assistant head coach. When Belichick left the Jets in

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to serve as the

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' head coach, Melvin was hired as Belichick's defensive line coach. In his second and final season with the team in

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, Melvin earned his first

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by winning

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Cleveland Browns

After Melvin's former defensive coordinator with the Patriots

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was hired as the Browns' head coach in

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, Melvin rejoined the NFL coaching ranks as the Browns' defensive line coach for 4 seasons.

Return to College

After the Browns' 4-12

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season both General Manager

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and head coach

were fired. Melvin returned to the college ranks to coach the

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Owls' defensive line for the 2009 season. After a successful season at

which saw the Owls reach a bowl for the first time since 1979, Melvin rejoined

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for the 2010 season as defensive line coach.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Melvin was the

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defensive line coach from 2012 to 2013.

BC Lions

On June 1, 2011, it was announced that Melvin had accepted the position of defensive line coach with the

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of the

. The BC Lions won the Grey Cup and Melvin earned another championship.

Return to college

Melvin was the defensive line coach at

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for the 2014 season. He rejoined Al Golden as the defensive line coach at the

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for the 2015 season. On December 31, 2015, Melvin returned to

as the defensive line coach for

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BC Lions (II)

Melvin returned to the

for the 2018 season as the defensive line coach where he coached for one season.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats hired Melvin as the defensive line coach for the 2019 season. The team won the Eastern Division Final but lost in the

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again the

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References

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