Melvin Scott joins the NCCU women's basketball staff for the 2022-23 season.
Scott is another former Tar Heel joining the maroon and gray (along with assistant coach N'Dea Bryant). Scott played at UNC from 2001-2005 and was co-captain of a national championship team in 2005.
The shooting guard from Baltimore, Maryland, also played professional basketball in Europe after earning a degree in African American Studies at North Carolina in 2005.
Scott has coaching experience that includes stints at Clark Atlanta University and Tennessee Tech University. He also has some Durham ties as a previous coach at Voyager Academy.
"In a most fascinating manner, Coach Scott blends his passion, gift, and expertise and lends it to the game," said NCCU women's basketball head coach Trisha Stafford-Odom. "The energy and repetition he receives from the players on the court is what he brings daily. As a deadly shooting guard for UNC's 2005 National Championship team, he has honed in on his gift of teaching all things building up to and culminating with the best and most efficient shots possible. I just love how the players lift up when he challenges them to 'literally' shoot their best shot."
