Who is this American college football coach and former college football player who played at the University of Akron and served as a coach at Wayne State University in 2012?
2012 Wayne State Warriors football team The 2012 Wayne State Warriors football team represented Wayne State University in the 2012 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Paul Winters and played their home games at Tom Adams Field. They were a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Melvin Spears Melvin Spears (born January 16, 1960) is the former head coach at Grambling State University and Alcorn State University. Previously, he was the sixth head college football coach for the Grambling State Tigers located in Grambling, Louisiana and he held that position for three seasons, from 2004 until 2006. His coaching record at Grambling was 20 wins, 14 losses, and 0 ties. He then served as a coach at Texas Southern University, working with the wide receivers in 2008 then moving over to running backs. He also served as the offensive coordinator of Alabama State University during the 2010 season. Spears was selected on January 19, 2011 to the post of head coach of his alma mater of Alcorn State University. Spears was fired by Alcorn State on February 24, 2012. He had previously been placed on administrative leave.