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.
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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
Larry Finch, basketball player
Jacob Ford, NFL defensive end
GloRilla, rapper
Chris Jones, basketball player
Ezell Jones, NFL offensive tackle
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