M. B. Banks

M. B. Banks

Banks pictured in The Quax 1921, Drake yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1883-06-05)June 5, 1883 Breesport, New York, U.S.
Died	January 12, 1970(1970-01-12) (aged 86) Parkersburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1905–1908	Syracuse
Basketball
1908–1909	Syracuse
Baseball
1909	Syracuse
Position(s)	Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1909–1911	Central University
1912	Ohio Wesleyan
1913–1917	Ohio
1918–1920	Drake
1921–1925	Tennessee
1941–1948	Hartwick
Basketball
1912–1913	Ohio Wesleyan
1913–1918	Ohio
1918–1921	Drake
1921–1926	Tennessee
1941–1946	Hartwick
Baseball
1913	Ohio Wesleyan
1913–1918	Ohio
1919–1920	Drake
1921–1926	Tennessee
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1941–1950	Hartwick
Head coaching record
Overall	100–73–10 (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]