Melvin J. Binford

Melvin J. Binford

Binford from the 1948 Parnassus
Biographical details
Born	(1903-02-08)February 8, 1903
Died	September 12, 1984(1984-09-12) (aged 81) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1924–1925	Pittsburg State
Basketball
1923–1925	Pittsburg State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1929	Hutchinson
1930–1935	McPherson
1944–1945	Wichita
Basketball
1935–1939	Oklahoma City
1942–1948	Wichita
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1937–1939	Oklahoma City
Head coaching record
Overall	34–32–5 (college football) 111–90 (college basketball) 3–4–1 (junior college football)

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

Coaching career

McPherson

Binford was the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas, serving for six seasons, from 1930 until 1935, and compiling a record of 23–26–4.

Wichita State

Binford was the 17th head football coach at the Municipal University of Wichita—now known as Wichita State University, serving for two seasons, from 1944 to 1945, and compiling a record of 11–6–1. Binford "re-started" the program after a one-year hiatus (1943) when the school did not field a team.

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 60–50.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
McPherson Bulldogs (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1930–1935)
1930	McPherson	1–7	0–4	5th
1931	McPherson	2–6–1	1–2–1	T–4th
1932	McPherson	3–6	0–4	5th
1933	McPherson	7–2	3–1	2nd
1934	McPherson	6–2–1	3–1–1	3rd
1935	McPherson	4–3–2	2–1–2	3rd
McPherson:		23–26–4	9–13–4
Wichita Shockers (Independent) (1944)
1944	Wichita	5–2–1
Wichita Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1945)
1945	Wichita	6–4	1–1	3rd
Wichita:		11–6–1	1–1
Total:		34–32–5

College basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Independent) (1935–1939)
1935–36	Oklahoma City	11–7
1936–37	Oklahoma City	23–8
1937–38	Oklahoma City	7–15
1938–39	Oklahoma City	10–8
Oklahoma City:		51–38 (.573)
Wichita Shockers (Independent) (1942–1945)
1942–43	Wichita	12–7
1944–45	Wichita	14–6
Wichita Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1945–1948)
1945–46	Wichita	14–9	6–4	2nd
1946–47	Wichita	8–17	2–10	7th
1947–48	Wichita	12–13	1–9	6th
Wichita:		60–52 (.536)	9–23 (.281)
Total:		111–90 (.552)

Junior college

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Hutchinson Blue Dragons (Kansas Junior College Conference) (1929)
1929	Hutchinson	3–4–1	2–2	T–5th
Hutchinson:		3–4–1	2–2
Total:		3–4–1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• Melvin J. Binford at Find a Grave