Tom begins his second season as men's soccer coach at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

The sixth head coach in the program's history, Melville came to SCAD after serving the past 13 seasons as head coach of the NCAA Division I Mercer University men's soccer team. Melville left the Macon, Ga., campus as the Bears' all-time wins leader. He registered a record of 107-126-16 and led Mercer to its only two NCAA berths, in 1999 and 2001.
 
In 1999, Mercer hosted a NCAA Division I Tournament play-in game under Melville's guidance, but came up short, falling 3-0 to University of Rhode Island. Two years later, the Bears earned their first berth in the NCAA Tournament in program history and were edged 1-0 by the University of Kentucky.

The former Irish "B" league player and Ulster Polytechnic graduate led the squad to nine berths in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, three Atlantic Sun regular-season championships (2000-02) and a pair of triumphs at the conference tournament (1999, 2001). From 1999-2005, Mercer went 72-57-10 with only one losing season and one A-Sun finish lower than third.
 
Melville sports a 181-183-31 mark in 21 overall seasons as a head coach. During his time at Mercer, he has groomed two A-Sun Players of the Year, a trio of A-Sun Freshman of the Year, 15 first team all-conference selections, 21 second team all-conference members, 10 all-freshman award winners, 22 all-tournament honorees, a pair of A-Sun Tournament MVPs and has twice been named the Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (1999, 2002).

Prior to his arrival at Mercer, Melville spent eight successful seasons at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, N.C. In only his second season at L-R, he helped lead the school to its first-ever NAIA District 26 playoff berth and was named the South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year in 1989 for his efforts. The highlight of his tenure came during the 1992 season when his squad captured the SAC title.

Melville and his wife Tanya have two sons, Jordan and Torin.

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