STATISTICS & HISTORY
Ed Milkovich used his middle name, Melvin , as his last name when when played in the BAA and throughout his years as a college coach. d Melvin played basketball for South Pittsburgh High School and then played three years of varsity college basketball at Duquesne University. Melvin played professionally for the Pittsburgh Ironmen during 1946-47 BAA (NBA) season. He was head coach of St. Bonaventure from 1948 through 1954 and from 1954 until 1965 was the head coach of the University of Toledo. During his 17 years as a NCAA Division head coach, Melvin compiled an overall record of 222–179.
| ED MELVIN | Height: | 5:09 | Weight: | 170 | College: | Duquesne’41 | |||||
| Edward Michael Melvin Milkovich | Born: | Feb 13, 1916 | Died: Jul 30, 2004 | Hometown: | Pittsburgh, Pa. | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | Duquesne (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Duquesne | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Duquesne | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Duquesne | College | |||||||||
| Duquesne | College | ||||||||||
| 1941-42 | Hagerstown Oilers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | Did Not Play | ||||||||||
| 1946-47 | Pittsburgh | BAA | 57 | 99 | 83 | 127 | .654 | 37 | 281 | 4.9 | |
| Major League Totals | 57 | 99 | 83 | 127 | .654 | 37 | 281 | 4.9 | |||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-42 | Hagerstown Oilers | WBT | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 14 | 14.0 | ||
| 1946-47 | Pittsburgh Pirates | WBT | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 11 | 11.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 25 | 12.5 | ||||