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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1974–1977 | Aquinas College | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978–1982 | Aquinas College | ||
| 1983–1988 | Siena Heights University | ||
| 1989 | University of the Southwest | ||
| 1990–2007 | Luther College | ||
| 1995 | Des Moines Menace | ||
| 1996 | Sioux City Breeze | ||
| 1997–1998 | Tallahassee Scorpions | ||
| 2008–2013 | Hendrix College | ||
| 2014-2022 | Carroll College | ||
Doug Mello is an American soccer coach who holds the record for the most collegiate matches coached (1,191). He is the only university coach to achieve 350 men's wins coupled with 250 women's wins and maintains the unique honor of having been the youngest head coach hired in the history of USA collegiate sports. Mello is a recipient of the NSCAA Letter of Commendation. He holds the NCAA Division III record for most consecutive conference wins (42) with his former squad, Luther College. In his first season as a professional coach in 1995, Mello was awarded Co-Coach Of The Year honors while at the helm of the Des Moines Menace of the USISL Premier League.
Currently, Mello is head coach of the newly formed men's soccer team at Carroll College in Helena, Montana.