Melrose High School is a public high school located in Memphis, Tennessee, in the Orange Mound area, serving 710 students in grades 9–12. It is served by Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Athletics The 2009–10 boys basketball team won the school's fourth state championship Melrose's football teams were 1996 & 1998 state champions. In 2004 & 2005 the football program made back to back State Championships runs.
Championships by sport Girls' Track - 2 (1983, 1984) Girls' Basketball - 1 (1985) Boys' Track - 2 (1965, 2003) Boys' Basketball - 4 (1974, 1978, 1983, 2010) Football - 1 (1985)
Notable alumni
William Bedford, basketball player Graig Cooper, NFL running back Richard Cooper, NFL offensive tackle, University of Tennessee, 1985, p. 62. Larry Finch, basketball player Jacob Ford, NFL defensive end GloRilla, rapper Chris Jones, basketball player Ezell Jones, NFL offensive tackleEzell Jones Stats. Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2025. Jemerrio Jones, NBA G Player, Wisconsin Herd Andre Lott, NFL safety Tony Madlock, college basketball coach Larry Mallory, NFL safety Kindal Moorehead, NFL defensive tackle, strength coach at University of Alabama Pat Neely, CEO of famous Neely's Bar-B-Que and Neely's Interstate Bar-B-Que Bobby Ray Parks Jr., basketball player Tony Pollard, NFL running back, 2022 Pro Bowl selection Larry Riley, Broadway, movie, and television actor Dewayne Robertson, NFL defensive tackle Ronnie Robinson, basketball player Bingo Smith, NBA player Rochelle Stevens, athlete, Olympic and world champion Adonis Thomas, basketball player, Israel Basketball Premier League Sam Walton, NFL offensive tackle and Super Bowl III champion Barry Wilburn, NFL defensive back and Super Bowl XXII champion Ralph Wiley, journalist Cedrick Wilson, NFL wide receiver and Super Bowl XL champion Jerome Woods, NFL Pro Bowl safety
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