M. B. Banks

M. B. Banks
Banks pictured in The Quax 1921, Drake yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	June 5, 1883(1883-06-05)
Place of birth	Breesport, New York
Died	January 1970
Place of death	Parkersburg, West Virginia
Playing career
Football 1905–1908 Basketball 1909–1910	Syracuse Syracuse
Coaching 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 Tennessee
Head 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.

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.

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.

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

External links

• M. B. Banks at the College Football Data Warehouse
• M. B. Banks at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com