Mervyl Melendez
Mervyl Samuel Melendez Sr. is a Puerto Rican baseball coach and former third base and as a relief pitcher. He played college baseball for the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats from 1993–1996. He then served as the head coach of Bethune-Cookman (2000–2011), the Alabama State Hornets (2012–2016) and the FIU Panthers (2017–2022).
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 4, 1974 Carolina, Puerto Rico |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1996 | Bethune–Cookman |
| Position(s) | 3B, P |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997–1999 | Bethune–Cookman (asst.) |
| 2000–2011 | Bethune–Cookman |
| 2012–2016 | Alabama State |
| 2017–2022 | FIU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 663–593 |
| Tournaments | C-USA: 0–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 11 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament | |
| Awards | |
| 8× MEAC Coach of the Year | |
Melendez played for Bethune-Cookman from 1993 through 1996, seeing time at third base and relief pitching. At his playing career's end, he held program records in doubles (30) and batting average (.342). Melendez earned all-conference and all-tournament honors in 1995 and 1996. Following the end of his playing career, Melendez became an assistant coach for the Wildcats. During his tenure as an assistant, the team won the 1999 MEAC Tournament.[1]
Prior to accepting the job at Alabama State, Melendez was the head coach at Bethune-Cookman, leading his alma mater to eleven Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships in his twelve seasons. As coach at Bethune-Cookman, Melendez led the team two back-to-back undefeated conference seasons in 2010 and 2011. His teams also won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament every year from 2000 through 2011, with the exception of 2005. He won 379 games as coach of the Wildcats, and in 2009 became the second-youngest coach in NCAA history to win 300 games.[1][2] He resigned following the conclusion of the 2022 season from FIU.[3]
Head coaching record edit
The following is a table of Melendez's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[4][5]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune–Cookman Wildcats (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2000–2011) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Bethune-Cookman | 33–28 | 10–8 | 3rd (Southern) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2001 | Bethune-Cookman | 26–34 | 11–5 | 1st (Southern) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2002 | Bethune-Cookman | 39–22 | 16–2 | 1st (Southern) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2003 | Bethune-Cookman | 30–28 | 11–5 | 1st (Southern) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2004 | Bethune-Cookman | 27–28 | 14–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2005 | Bethune-Cookman | 22–28 | 11–6 | 2nd | |||||
| 2006 | Bethune-Cookman | 30–27 | 15–0 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2007 | Bethune-Cookman | 33–27 | 16–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2008 | Bethune-Cookman | 36–22 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2009 | Bethune-Cookman | 32–28 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2010 | Bethune-Cookman | 35–22 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2011 | Bethune-Cookman | 36–25 | 18–0 | 1st East | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Bethune-Cookman: | 379–319 | 173–34 | |||||||
| Alabama State Hornets (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2012–2016) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Alabama State | 20–36 | 14–10 | T–2nd (East) | |||||
| 2013 | Alabama State | 32–25 | 18–6 | 2nd (East) | |||||
| 2014 | Alabama State | 37–20 | 21–3 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 2015 | Alabama State | 31–19 | 18–6 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 2016 | Alabama State | 38–17 | 24–0 | NCAA Regionals | |||||
| Alabama State: | 158–117 | 95–25 | |||||||
| FIU Panthers (Conference USA) (2017–2022) | |||||||||
| 2017 | FIU | 31–27 | 15–15 | 7th | |||||
| 2018 | FIU | 26–28 | 15–13 | 6th | |||||
| 2019 | FIU | 23–32 | 12–18 | T-9th | |||||
| 2020 | FIU | 10–5 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | FIU | 20–31 | 11–19 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2022 | FIU | 16–34 | 8–22 | 11th | |||||
| FIU: | 126–157 | 61–87 | |||||||
| Total: | 663–593 | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Staff Directory – Head Baseball Coach". Alabama State University. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ . tspnsports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ Watler Villa (May 26, 2022). "FIU baseball coach Melendez steps down after program's worst season in over a decade". www.miamiherald.com. Miami Herald. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ . BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ^ . D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.