| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1976-04-25)April 25, 1976 (age 49) 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 |
| Drafted by | 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 | |
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Melvin Levett (born April 25, 1976) is an American formerbasketball player and high school basketball coach for theWinton Woods High School Warriors. As ashooting guard he was drafted by theDetroit Pistons and then later traded to theLos Angeles Lakers organization, though he never appeared in a regular season NBA game. He played collegiately forCincinnati.[1][2][3] While in college, he set the University of Cincinnati single-game record forthree-point field goals when he made 10 againstEastern Kentucky.[4]
In 2015, Levett accepted the job as head basketball coach atColerain High School inCincinnati, Ohio. His first and only win came on January 8, 2016, overSycamore 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 toOHSAA rules), but then lost 77–47 in the sectional final to the Lancers ofLa Salle High School
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 theUniversity of Dayton Arena, where they would lose to theArchbishop Moeller High School Crusaders, 57–15.
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