Melvin J. Binford

Melvin J. Binford
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	(1903-02-08)February 8, 1903
Died	September 12, 1984(1984-09-12) (aged 81) 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)

Melvin J. "Mel" Binford (February 8, 1903 – September 12, 1984)^[1] was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator.

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
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

↑ "PSU Alumni Obituaries, A-E". Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg State University. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
↑ "McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
↑ "Binford, Melvin.". El Dorado Times. September 13, 1984.
↑ 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

McPherson Bulldogs head football coaches

W. E. Daniel (1920)
Dutch Lonborg (1921–1922)
Floyd Mishler (1923–1924)
George Gardner (1925–1929)
Melvin J. Binford (1930–1935)
Lester Selves (1936)
W. P. Astle (1937–1939)
T. C. Hayden (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
T. C. Hayden (1946)
Rolla Reiling (1947)
F. M. Hardacre (1948–1949)
Woody Woodard (1950–1952)
Sid Smith (1953–1966)
Dwight McSpadden (1967–1968)
William Knuckles (1969–1970)
Sid Smith (1971–1972)
Don Rominger (1973–1977)
John Gragg (1978)
Lou Serrone (1979)
Lee Dobyns (1980)
Dave Cripe (1981–1983)
Steve Phipps (1984–1985)
Dan Thiessen (1986–1992)
Bruce Grose (1993–1997)
Steve Kazor (1998–1999)
Dan Davis (2000–2001)
David Cunningham (2002–2006)
Brian Ward (2007–2009)
Joe Bettasso (2010–2011)
Pete Sterbick (2012–2013)
Steve Fox (2014)
Paul Mierkiewicz (2015– )

Oklahoma City Stars men's basketball head coaches

E. B. Cottrell (1922–1923)
Lamar Hoover (1923–1925)
Roy Bennett (1925–1926)
G. L. Skillem (1926–1930)
Vee Green (1930–1933)
Toby Greene (1933–1936)
Melvin J. Binford (1936–1939)
Faye Ferguson (1939–1941)
Merle Rousy (1941–1942)
No team (1942–1946)
Bo Sherman (1946–1947)
Doyle Parrack (1947–1955)
Abe Lemons (1955–1973)
Paul Hansen (1973–1979)
Ken Trickey (1979–1981)
Lonnie Nichols (1981–1983)
Abe Lemons (1983–1990)
Darrel Johnson (1990–1992)
Win Case (1992–2005)
Ray Harper (2005–2008)
Kevin Morrissey (2008–2012)
Dionne Phelps (2012– )

Wichita State Shockers head football coaches

T. H. Morrison (1897)
No coach (1898)
Harry Hess (1899–1901)
Guy Peverly (1902)
No coach (1903)
A. F. Holste (1904)
Willis Bates (1905–1908)
Roy K. Thomas (1909–1911)
E. V. Long (1912–1913)
Harry Buck (1914–1915)
Lamar Hoover (1916–1917)
Coach Banbury (1918)
Kenneth Cassidy (1919)
Wilmer D. Elfrink (1920)
Lamar Hoover (1921–1922)
Sam H. Hill (1923–1924)
Leonard J. Umnus (1925–1927)
Sam H. Hill (1928–1929)
Albert J. Gebert (1930–1941)
Ralph Graham (1942)
No team (1943)
Melvin J. Binford (1944–1945)
Ralph Graham (1946–1947)
Jim Trimble (1948–1950)
Robert S. Carlson (1951–1952)
Jack Mitchell (1953–1954)
Pete Tillman (1955–1956)
Woody Woodard (1957–1959)
Hank Foldberg (1960–1961)
Marcelino Huerta (1962–1964)
George Karras (1965–1966)
Boyd Converse (1967)
Eddie Kriwiel (1968)
Ben Wilson (1969–1970)
Bob Seaman (1971–1973)
Jim Wright (1974–1978)
Willie Jeffries (1979–1983)
Ron Chismar (1984–1986)

Wichita State Shockers men's basketball head coaches

Willis Bates (1905–1908)
No coach (1908–1909)
Roy Thomas (1909–1912)
E. V. Long (1912–1913)
Willis Bates (1913–1914)
Harry Buck (1914–1916)
Lamar Hoover (1916–1918)
No coach (1918–1919)
Kenneth Cassidy (1919–1920)
Wilmer D. Elfrink (1920–1921)
Lamar Hoover (1921–1923)
Sam H. Hill (1923–1925)
Leonard J. Umnus (1925–1928)
Gene Johnson (1928–1933)
Team suspended (1933–1934)
Lindsay Austin (1934–1935)
Bill Hennigh (1935–1941)
Jack Starrett (1941–1942)
Melvin J. Binford (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Melvin J. Binford (1944–1948)
Ken Gunning (1948–1951)
Ralph Miller (1951–1964)
Gary Thompson (1964–1971)
Harry Miller (1971–1978)
Gene Smithson (1978–1986)
Eddie Fogler (1986–1989)
Mike Cohen (1989–1992)
Scott Thompson (1992–1996)
Randy Smithson (1996–2000)
Mark Turgeon (2000–2007)
Gregg Marshall (2007– )

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