Coaches / Position coach / Melvin Rice
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Melvin Rice
Assistant Coach • Safeties · Vanderbilt
Headline rating: as position coach · defensive backs. Every role he has been rated in is below.
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Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As defensive coordinator
Rating61Peak61
His defense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | New Mexico State | -0.08 | 0.04 | -0.05 |
| 2022 | New Mexico State | -0.11 | 0.01 | -0.45 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.
As position coach · defensive backs
Rating31Peak64
Room quality, development (his players gaining more than typical players at the position year to year) and recruiting credit.
| Season | Team | Room | Room quality | Development | Recruiting | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | Defensive backs | 67 | -9.0 | 0.875 | -0.97 |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | Defensive backs | 69 | -8.5 | 0.889 | -0.75 |
| 2023 | New Mexico State | Defensive backs | 70 | +2.4 | 0.804 | -0.40 |
| 2022 | New Mexico State | Defensive backs | 64 | -7.1 | 0.826 | -1.31 |
| 2021 | Temple | Defensive backs | 68 | -1.8 | 0.848 | -0.57 |
| 2020 | Temple | Defensive backs | 66 | -8.6 | 0.814 | -1.38 |
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | Defensive backs | 70 | -0.6 | 0.816 | -0.55 |
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | Defensive backs | 76 | -4.9 | 0.802 | -0.60 |
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | Defensive backs | 74 | — | — | -0.04 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.