Coach Melvin Lee... 2021 SWAC Hall of Fame Class Enshrined

​Melvin P. Lee, Legend
The late, great Melvin P. Lee had a tremendous impact on Grambling State. He competed on the football team in 1952 as an undersized player who saw action as a center and linebacker, helping the Tigers to win the program's first Black College Football National Championship in 1955 as a tri-captain. The 1955 Champions were also an undefeated National Championship Team.

The New Orleans native earned a pair of Mid-Western Conference honors (1952-55). In addition, Lee was a participant in the Bayou Classic XXIII as an offensive coordinator under head coach Eddie Robinson (1960-1997).

​He later served as an offensive line coach for 37 years for his alma mater (1960-1997). The Melvin Lee Award was initiated in 2016 by the Head Football Coach, Broderick Fobbs. Lee was inducted into the 2010 Grambling Legends Hall of Fame class.