Melvin J. Binford
Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | February 8, 1903 |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. St. Petersburg, Florida |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1924–1925 | Pittsburg State |
Basketball | |
1923–1925 | Pittsburg State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1930–1935 | McPherson |
1944–1945 | Wichita State |
Basketball | |
1936–1939 | Oklahoma City |
1942–1948 | Wichita State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1937–1939 | Oklahoma City |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 34–32–5 (football) 111–90 (basketball) |
Statistics |
Melvin J. "Mel" Binford (February 8, 1903 – September 12, 1984)[1] was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator.
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Coaching career
McPherson
Binford was the head football coach for the McPherson Bulldogs located in McPherson, Kansas. He held that position for 6 seasons, from 1930 until 1935. His coaching record at McPherson was 23 wins, 26 losses and 4 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #3 at McPherson in total wins and #11 at the school in winning percentage (.472).[2]
Wichita State
Binford[3] was the 17th head football coach for the Municipal University of Wichita (now Wichita State) Shockers located in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for two seasons, from 1944 until 1945. His overall coaching record at Wichita State was 11 wins, 6 losses, and 1 tie. This ranks him 15th at Wichita State in terms of total wins and seventh at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage.[4]
Binford "re-started" the program after a one-year hiatus (1943) when the school did not field a team.[5]
Binford was more successful as Wichita's fourteenth head basketball coach. He assumed the head coaching job for the 1942-43 season, then restarted the program after it was suspended for the 1943-44 season during World War II. He coached the Shockers' basketball team for a total of five seasons, building a record of 60 wins and 50 losses. Both his number of wins and his winning percentage of .536 stand ninth among Wichita's twenty-five coaches.[6]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Rank# | |||
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McPherson (NAIA) (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1930–1935) | |||||||||
1930 | McPherson | 1-7-0 | 0-4-0 | 5th | |||||
1931 | McPherson | 2-6-1 | 1-2-1 | ||||||
1932 | McPherson | 3-6-0 | 0-4-0 | ||||||
1933 | McPherson | 7-2-0 | 3-1-0 | ||||||
1934 | McPherson | 6-2-1 | 3-1-1 | ||||||
1935 | McPherson | 4-3-2 | 2-1-2 | ||||||
McPherson: | 23-26-4 | 9-13-4 | |||||||
Wichita State (NCAA) (Independent) (1944–1945) | |||||||||
1944 | Wichita State | 5-2-1 | |||||||
1945 | Wichita State | 6-4-0 | |||||||
Wichita State: | 11-6-1 | ||||||||
Total: | 34-32-5 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. |
References
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- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse Wichita State University coaching results
- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse Wichita State University historical data
- ↑ http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/843ba17d?DB_OEM_ID=7500#/843ba17d/72
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- 1903 births
- 1984 deaths
- McPherson Bulldogs football coaches
- Oklahoma City Stars athletic directors
- Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball coaches
- Pittsburg State Gorillas football players
- Pittsburg State Gorillas men's basketball players
- Wichita State Shockers football coaches
- Wichita State Shockers men's basketball coaches
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1940s stubs