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Melvin Watkins is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the University of Central Florida men's basketball team. He was born on November 15, 1954 in Reidsville, North Carolina.
Watkins attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he played basketball for the Tar Heels from 1974 to 1978. He was a two-time All-ACC selection and was named the ACC Player of the Year in 1978. He was also named to the All-ACC Tournament team in 1977 and 1978.
After college, Watkins was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1978 NBA Draft. He played for the Spurs for two seasons before being traded to the Detroit Pistons in 1980. He played for the Pistons for two seasons before retiring in 1982.
Watkins began his coaching career in 1982 as an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina. He then moved on to become an assistant coach at the University of Virginia from 1984 to 1989. He then served as an assistant coach at the University of Georgia from 1989 to 1994.
In 1994, Watkins was hired as the head coach of the University of Central Florida. He has been the head coach of the Knights ever since, leading them to the NCAA Tournament in 2004 and 2007.
As of 2021, Melvin Watkins's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.
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Melvin Watkins Net Worth
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Timeline
On April 6, 2011, Watkins and other fellow assistants followed Anderson to the University of Arkansas, where Anderson had become head coach.
Watkins was named interim head coach at Mizzou following Quin Snyder's firing on February 10, 2006, with the Tigers at a record of 10-11 and suffering from a six-game losing streak. Watkins led the team to a 2-4 record during the remainder of their conference play. Following the hiring of new head coach Mike Anderson, Watkins resumed his title of associate head coach.
*Interim coach after Quin Snyder resigned; complete record for the 2005–06 season was 12–16 (5–11 Big 12).
After tendering his resignation at Texas A&M, Watkins accepted the job as associate head coach at the University of Missouri on June 21, 2004.
The low point came in 2003–04, when the Aggies put up a 7-22 record, going 0-16 in the Big 12 Conference. Watkins was pressured into resigning during the Big 12 Tournament in 2004. Watkins would not coach for a team that beat Texas A&M again until 2013, when Arkansas snapped his own personal 26 game losing streak in games where Texas A&M was playing and he was coaching. He attributed much of the team's poor showing to the youth of the team's very talented recruits, which included freshman Acie Law IV and sophomores Marlon Pompey and Antoine Wright, and under his replacement Billy Gillispie, Watkins's players developed into a very strong team, earning an 8-8 conference record and a trip to the NIT in 2004–2005.
At the end of the 1998 season, Watkins accepted an offer to become the head coach at Texas A&M University, a school which had enjoyed only one winning season in the previous eight years. During the next six years, Watkins failed to live up to the success he enjoyed at Charlotte, achieving an unimpressive 60-112 record.
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.
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.
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.
Melvin Lenzo Watkins (born November 15, 1954) is an American college basketball coach and former player. 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.
