Mervyl Samuel Melendez Sr. is a Puerto Rican baseball coach and former third base player and relief pitcher.
At his playing career's end, he held program records in doubles (30) and batting average (.342).
[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.