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M. B. Banks 
Banks pictured in The Quax 1921, Drake yearbook Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball Biographical details Born June 5, 1883 Place of birth Breesport, New York Died January 1970 Place of death Parkersburg, West Virginia Playing career Football
1905–1908
Basketball
1909–1910
Syracuse
SyracuseCoaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1912
1913–1917
1918–1920
1921–1925
Basketball
1912–1913
1913–1918
1918–1921
1921–1926
Baseball
1913
1913–1918
1919–1920
1921–1926
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio
Drake
Tennessee
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio
Drake
Tennessee
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio
Drake
TennesseeHead coaching record Overall 62–49–6 (football)
122–118–1 (basketball)
100–78–4 (baseball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Mark Beal Banks (June 5, 1883 – January 1970) was an American football and basketball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Ohio Wesleyan University (1912), Ohio University (1913–1917), Drake University (1918–1920), and the University of Tennessee (1921–1925), compiling a career college football record of 62–49–6. Banks was also the head basketball and head baseball coach at Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio, Drake, and Tennessee. He played football and basketball at Syracuse University.
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Coaching career
Banks was the 12th head football coach and athletic director 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 wins, 10 losses, and 1 ties. This ranks him tenth at Drake in terms of total wins and 12th at Drake in terms of winning percentage.[1]
After coaching at Drake, Banks led the Tennessee Volunteers football team to a 27–15–3 record before leaving for Central High School in Knoxville.[2]
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). 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. Mark and Gladys had four children. M. B. Banks died in January 1970 in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1912) 1912 Ohio Wesleyan 3–6 2–5 9th Ohio Wesleyan: 3–6 2–5 Ohio Bobcats (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1913–1917) 1913 Ohio 2–5–1 1–3 10th 1914 Ohio 4–4 4–3 5th 1915 Ohio 7–2 2–1 T–4th 1916 Ohio 5–2–1 4–1–1 4th 1917 Ohio 3–5 3–3 T–6th Ohio: 21–18–2 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 Tennessee Volunteers (Southern Conference) (1922–1925) 1922 Tennessee 8–2 4–2 T–6th 1923 Tennessee 5–4–1 4–2 T–5th 1924 Tennessee 3–5 0–4 22nd 1925 Tennessee 5–2–1 2–2–1 T–10th Tennessee: 27–15–3 14–11–2 Total: 62–49–6 References
External links
- M. B. Banks at the College Football Data Warehouse
- M. B. Banks at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops head football coaches No coach (1890–1891) • Lilly (1892) • No coach (1893) • George Dygert (1894) • Scott & Farrar (1895) • Dick (1896) • Fielding H. Yost (1897) • C. Sumner Welch (1898) • Ritchie (1899) • G. A. Teller (1900) • Sam Boyle (1901–1902) • Victor Place (1903–1906) • Branch Rickey (1907–1908) • Lynn St. John (1909–1911) • M. B. Banks (1912) • Roy Thomas (1913) • Frederick Dixon (1914–1915) • Charles McCoy (1916–1917) • Harry W. Ewing (1918–1920) • George Gauthier (1921–1946) • Glenn Fraser (1947–1963) • Jack Fouts (1964–1983) • Steve Farkasovsky (1984–1986) • Mike Hollway (1987– )
Ohio Bobcats head football coaches No coach (1894) • Harvey Deme (1895) • Frank Remsburg (1896) • Warwick Ford (1897) • Peter McLaren (1898) • Fred Sullivan (1899) • Karl Core (1900) • Art C. Jones (1901) • Harold Monosmith (1902) • Fred Sullivan (1903) • Henry Hart (1904) • Joseph Railsback (1905) • Arthur McFarland (1906–1908) • Robert Woods (1909–1910) • Arthur Hinaman (1911–1912) • M. B. Banks (1913–1917) • Frank Gullum (1918–1919) • Russell Finsterwald (1920–1922) • John C. Heldt (1923) • Don Peden (1924–1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Don Peden (1945–1946) • Harold Wise (1947–1948) • Carroll Widdoes (1949–1957) • Bill Hess (1958–1977) • Bob Kappes (1978) • Brian Burke (1979–1984) • Cleve Bryant (1985–1989) • Tom Lichtenberg (1990–1994) • Jim Grobe (1995–2000) • Brian Knorr (2001–2004) • Frank Solich (2005– )
Ohio Bobcats men's basketball head coaches James C. Jones (1907–1910) • John P. Corbett (1910–1911) • Arthur Hinaman (1911–1912) • C. M. Douthit (1912–1913) • M. B. Banks (1913–1918) • Frank Gullum (1918–1920) • Russell Finsterwald (1920–1922) • Butch Grover (1922–1938) • Dutch Trautwein (1938–1949) • Jim Snyder (1949–1974) • Dale Bandy (1974–1980) • Danny Nee (1980–1986) • Billy Hahn (1986–1989) • Larry Hunter (1989–2001) • Tim O'Shea (2001–2008) • John Groce (2008–)
Ohio Bobcats head baseball coaches Israel M. Foster (1892) • No team (1893–1899) • Unknown (1900–1906) • Arthur McFarland (1907) • Unknown (1908) • John P. Corbett (1909) • Unknown (1910–1912) • M. B. Banks (1913–1918) • Frank Gullum (1919) • Russell Finsterwald (1920) • No team (1921) • Russell Finsterwald (1922) • Butch Grover (1923) • Don Peden (1924–1948) • Bob Wren (1949–1972) • Jerry France (1973–1988) • Joe Carbone (1989– )
Drake Bulldogs head football coaches No coach (1893) • W. W. Wharton (1894) • Hermon Williams (1895) • Fred Rogers (1896) • A. B. Potter (1897–1899) • Charles Best (1900–1901) • G. O. Dietz (1902) • W. J. Monilaw (1903–1904) • Willie Heston (1905) • Charles Pell (1906–1907) • John L. Griffith (1908–1915) • Ralph Glaze (1916–1917) • M. B. Banks (1918–1920) • Ossie Solem (1921–1931) • Evan O. Williams (1932) • Vee Green (1933–1946) • Albert Kawal (1947–1948) • Warren Gaer (1949–1958) • Tom O'Connell (1959) • Bus Mertes (1960–1964) • Jack Wallace (1965–1976) • Chuck Shelton (1977–1985) • Exhibition only (1986) • Nick Quartaro (1987–1988) • Rob Ash (1989–2006) • Steve Loney (2007) • Chris Creighton (2008– )
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches Charles Pell (1906–1909) • John L. Griffith (1909–1910) • A. R. Hackett (1910–1912) • John L. Griffith (1912–1914) • Ray Whisman (1914–1916) • Ralph Glaze (1916–1917) • S. W. Hobbs (1917–1918) • M. B. Banks (1918–1921) • Ossie Solem (1921–1925) • Bill Boelter (1925–1932) • Evan O. Williams (1932–1943) • Bill Easton (1943–1944) • Vee Green (1944–1946) • Forddy Anderson (1946–1948) • Jack McClelland (1948–1956) • John E. Benington (1956–1958) • Maury John (1958–1971) • Howard Stacey (1971–1974) • Bob Ortegel (1974–1981) • Gary Garner (1981–1988) • Tom Abatemarco (1988–1989) • Eddie Fields # (1989–1990) • Rudy Washington (1990–1996) • Kurt Kanaskie (1996–2003) • Tom Davis (2003–2007) • Keno Davis (2007–2008) • Mark Phelps (2008– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
Tennessee Volunteers head football coaches J. A. Pierce (1899–1900) • George Kelley (1901) • H. F. Fisher (1902–1903) • S. D. Crawford (1904) • James DePree (1905–1906) • George Levene (1907–1909) • Andrew A. Stone (1910) • Zora G. Clevenger (1911–1915) • John R. Bender (1916–1920) • M. B. Banks (1921–1925) • Robert Neyland (1926–1934) • W. H. Britton (1935) • Robert Neyland (1936–1940) • John Barnhill (1941–1945) • Robert Neyland (1946–1952) • Harvey Robinson (1953–1954) • Bowden Wyatt (1955–1962) • Jim McDonald (1963) • Doug Dickey (1964–1969) • Bill Battle (1970–1976) • Johnny Majors (1977–1992) • Phillip Fulmer (1992–2008) • Lane Kiffin (2009) • Derek Dooley (2010– )
Tennessee Volunteers basketball head coaches No coaches—captains only (1908–1910) • Andrew A. Stone (1910–1911) • Zora G. Clevenger (1911–1916) • John R. Bender (1916–1917) • R. H. Fitzgerald (1917–1919) • John R. Bender (1919–1921) • M. B. Banks (1921–1926) • W. H. Britton (1926–1935) • Blair Gullion (1935–1938) • John Mauer (1938–1943) • No team (1943–1944) • John Mauer (1944–1947) • Emmett Lowery (1947–1959) • John Sines (1959–1962) • Ray Mears (1962–1977) • Cliff Wettig # (1977–1978) • Don DeVoe (1978–1989) • Wade Houston (1989–1994) • Kevin O'Neill (1994–1997) • Jerry Green (1997–2001) • Buzz Peterson (2001–2005) • Bruce Pearl (2005–2011) • Cuonzo Martin (2011– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Tennessee Volunteers head baseball coaches D. Aydelott (1897) • A. J. Greer (1898) • W. R. Harrison (1899) • T. R. Cornick (1900) • No team (1901) • William H. Newman (1902) • Frank Moffett (1903–1905) • James DePree (1906) • Frank Moffett (1907–1910) • Zora G. Clevenger (1911–1916) • John R. Bender (1917) • Frank Moffett (1918–1919) • John R. Bender (1920) • M. B. Banks (1921–1926) • William S. Harkness (1927–1931) • No team (1932–1938) • John Mauer (1939–1942) • No team (1943–1946) • Ike Peel (1947) • S. W. Anderson (1948–1952) • Bernard O'Neil (1953–1957) • George Cafego (1958–1962) • Bill Wright (1963–1981) • John Whited (1982–1987) • Ronnie Osborne (1987) • Mark Connor (1988–1989) • Rod Delmonico (1990–2007) • Todd Raleigh (2008–2011) • Dave Serrano (2012– )
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