Melvin Cunningham
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Position: | Defensive specialist | ||||||||||
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Born: | Huntington, West Virginia, U.S. | December 16, 1973||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||
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College: | Marshall | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1997 | ||||||||||
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Melvin Cunningham (born December 16, 1973) is a former
College career
Cunningham played for the
Professional career
Cunningham signed with the
Cunningham was signed by the AFL's Tampa Bay Storm during the 1999 off-season. He earned Second Team All-Arena honors in 1999.[6] He missed the 2000 and 2001 seasons due to injury.[7] He was placed on injured reserve on June 18, 2002. Cunningham was later placed on the injured exempt list on January 11, 2003. He was released by the Storm on November 6, 2003.[8]
Coaching career
Cunningham was defensive backs coach of the River Cities LocoMotives of the National Indoor Football League in 2001.[2]
Cunningham became head coach of the Tug Valley High School Panthers of Mingo County, West Virginia in 2000.[9] He was defensive coach for the Burch High School Bulldogs of Delbarton, West Virginia in 2010. [10] Cunningham became head coach of the Fairland High School Dragons of Proctorville, Ohio.[9] The team went 0-10 in 2015 and 3-7 in 2016.[11][12] 2021 season finished 10-2 with a loss in Ohio HS playoffs sweet sixteen round.[13] In 2023, Cunningham resigned from his job at Fairland after he was named the Murray High School head football coach. [14]
References
- ^ "Players". phins.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ a b "Marshall Football History" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ a b "Apr 21, 1997: -- Dolphins Get 11 More Rookies --". phins.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "Melvin Cunningham". galeforcedesign.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "Aug 12, 1997: -- Nedney, Chris Gray and 5 Others Released --". phins.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "Melvin Cunningham". arenafan.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "To Melvin Cunningham". arenafan.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2003. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ "Historical Team Transactions". arenafan.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ a b Walker, Jim (February 1, 2015). "Fairland hires Cunningham as new head football coach". irontontribune.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/wvmetro-uploads-prod/2014/05/Morrisey-Burch.pdf?x43308 [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Fairland Dragons". joeeitel.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ "2016 Fairland Owls Football Schedule". rockyprep.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ Stephens, Tim (2021-11-14). "Roughriders rough up dragons 33 -8". Herald Dispatch.
- ^ "Melvin Cunningham Named Murray High School Head Football Coach". www.murray.kyschools.us. Retrieved 2023-07-02.