Melick is also credited as the first basketball coach in the Kansas State history, posting a 7–9 record in the 1905–06 season.
[3] While working at Kansas State, Melick was credited with the invention of new drink he called "Kansas Ambrosia", a mixture of ice cream and buttermilk that could be "flavored to suit taste" and "served at all times.
[1] He worked at the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station as a professor of dairy husbandry.
[6] Byrd also assisted with coaching as both Melick and Church were often busy with their full-time professional jobs.
He wrote Some Phases of the Negro Question based on his observations in 1908, and in which he criticized racial integration.