| Melissa Graves | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Boston University |
| Current Conference: | Patriot |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Brookhaven, New York |
| Player Years1: | 2004–2008 |
| Player Team1: | Notre Dame |
| Player Positions: | Center |
| Coach Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team1: | Colgate (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2015–2018 |
| Coach Team2: | Yale (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2018–2021 |
| Coach Team3: | Wake Forest (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2021–present |
| Coach Team4: | Boston University |
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Melissa Graves (; born May 10, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Boston University, a role she has held since 2021.[1]
Graves played college basketball at Notre Dame before playing professionally overseas in Spain, China, Greece, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
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| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05 | Notre Dame | 26 | 49 | 43.8% | - | 43.8% | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 | |
| 2005-06 | Notre Dame | 30 | 177 | 46.8% | - | 54.1% | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 5.9 | |
| 2006-07 | Notre Dame | 33 | 256 | 52.8% | - | 78.7% | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 8.0 | |
| 2007-08 | Notre Dame | 31 | 88 | 54.0% | - | 80.0% | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.8 | |
| Career | 119 | 570 | 50.0% | - | 66.3% | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
Graves began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Colgate in 2013.[3] She was named an assistant at Yale in 2015, during which she was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's "Thirty Under 30" list.[4] and was later named an assistant at Wake Forest in 2018.
Graves was named the head coach at Boston University on April 26, 2021.[5]