M. B. Banks

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M. B. Banks
Syracuse
Position(s)
Drake
1921–1926Tennessee
Administrative career (
Hartwick
Head coaching record
Overall100–73–10 (football)
146–137–1 (basketball)
100–78–4 (baseball)

Mark Beal Banks (June 5, 1883 – January 12, 1970) was an American football, basketball and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central University of Kentucky—now known as Centre College—in Danville, Kentucky (1909–1911), Ohio Wesleyan University (1912), Ohio University (1913–1917), Drake University (1918–1920), the University of Tennessee (1921–1925), and Hartwick College (1941–1948), compiling a career college football record of 100–73–10. Banks was also the head basketball and head baseball coach at Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio, Drake, and Tennessee. He played football, basketball, and baseball at Syracuse University.[1]

College career

Banks graduated from Syracuse University in 1909. There he lettered in football (1905–1908), basketball (1908–1909), and baseball (1909). Banks was an Honorable Mention All-American quarterback in 1908.

Coaching career

Banks started his coaching career at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1909. In 1912, Banks was head football coach at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, compiling a record of 3–6 in his only season there. Banks then move to Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, in 1913 and coached football five seasons there, going 21–18–2.

Banks became the 12th head football coach at Drake University located in Des Moines, Iowa, and he held that position for three seasons, from 1918 until 1920. His overall coaching record at Drake was 11–10–1. During his time at Drake, he was also the meet director for the (track and field) Drake Relays.

After coaching at Drake, Banks led the Tennessee Volunteers football team to a 27–15–3 record from 1921 to 1925. He was the football coach at Tennessee when the iconic orange became the main color for Tennessee's athletic teams. Banks also coached baseball and basketball at Tennessee. In 1927, Banks left for Central High School in Knoxville.[2] Banks coached at Knoxville Central from 1927 to 1930.

In 1941, Banks became the athletic director, basketball, football, and baseball coach at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. Under Banks, Hartwick's football team had their first two winning seasons. Banks coached at Hartwick until 1948 and remained athletic director at the school until his retirement in 1950.

In 1996, Banks was inducted into the Hartwick College Athletic Hall of Fame.[3] The M. Beal (Pops) Banks Award at Hartwick is awarded annually to "individuals, male and female, who have best pursued excellence in their sport to the best of their ability and have enthused others with their dedication and commitment".[4]

Family

Banks was born on June 5, 1883, in

Breesport, New York, to parents David Thomas Banks (December 6, 1851, in Veteran, New York – December 1930 in Elmira, New York) and Emeline H. Parsons (December 25, 1852, in Catlin, New York – May 3, 1938, in Elmira, New York). Before attending Syracuse, Beal Banks graduated high school from the Elmira Free Academy in Elmira, New York. He married Gladys King (March 1888 – 1966) daughter of Rufus Everson King (July 15, 1859 – November 7, 1921) and Clara E. Ingersoll (June 1860 – ?) on October 29, 1910. Beal and Gladys had four children. Banks died January 12, 1970, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, of a heart attack.[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Central University (Independent) (1909–1910)
1909 Central University 6–1–1
1910 Central University 9–0
Central University (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1911)
1911 Central University 3–2–1 0–2–1 T–16th
Central University: 18–3–2 0–2–1
Ohio Wesleyan (Ohio Athletic Conference
) (1912)
1912 Ohio Wesleyan 3–6 2–5 9th
Ohio Wesleyan: 3–6 2–5
Ohio Green and White (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1913–1917)
1913 Ohio 2–5–1 1–3 10th
1914 Ohio 4–4 4–3 5th
1915 Ohio 8–1 2–1 T–4th
1916 Ohio 5–2–1 4–1–1 4th
1917 Ohio 3–5 3–3 T–6th
Ohio: 22–17–2 14–11–1
Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) (1918–1920)
1918 Drake 3–2 0–0 7th
1919 Drake 4–3 2–2 3rd
1920 Drake 4–5–1 1–3–1 5th
Drake: 11–10–1 3–5–1
Tennessee Volunteers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921)
1921 Tennessee 6–2–1 4–1–1 6th
Tennessee Volunteers (Southern Conference) (1922–1925)
1922 Tennessee 8–2 3–2 T–Tth
1923 Tennessee 5–4–1 4–3 10th
1924 Tennessee 3–5 0–4 22nd
1925 Tennessee 5–2–1 2–2–1 T–10th
Tennessee: 27–15–3 13–12–2
Hartwick Hawks
 (Independent) (1941–1948)
1941 Hartwick 4–4–1
1942 Hartwick 1–5–1
1943 No team—World War II
1944 No team—World War II
1945 No team—World War II
1946 Hartwick 6–2
1947 Hartwick 5–4
1948 Hartwick 3–5
Hartwick: 19–20–2
Total: 100–73–10

References

  1. ^ "Mark Beal Banks". Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  2. ^ www.utsports.com | Official Web Site of The University of Tennessee Men's Athletic Department
  3. ^ "M. Beal "Pop" Banks (1996) - Hartwick Athletics Hall of Fame".
  4. ^ "Scholar Athlete Handbook" (PDF).
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