 Banks pictured in The Quax 1921, Drake yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 5, 1883 Breesport, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 12, 1970 (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]
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