:Earl Banks

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1924–1993)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Earl Banks

| image = Earl Banks.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|6|11}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|10|27|1924|6|11}}

| death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1946–1949

| player_team2 = Iowa

| player_years3 = 1950

| player_team3 = New York Yanks

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1951–1959

| coach_team2 = Maryland State (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1960–1973

| coach_team3 = Morgan State

| coach_sport4 = Baseball

| coach_years5 = 1957–1959

| coach_team5 = Maryland State

| admin_years1 = 1970–1983

| admin_team1 = Morgan State

| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|96|31|2|record=y}} (football)

| bowl_record = {{Winning percentage|2|2|record=y}}

| tournament_record =

| championships =

; Football

black college national (1967)
5× CIAA (1962, 1965–1968)
MEAC (1971)

| awards =

First-team All-Big Nine (1946)

| coaching_records =

| CFBHOF_year = 1992

| CFBHOF_id = 1855

}}

Earl C. Banks (June 11, 1924 – October 27, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Morgan State College—now known as Morgan State University—from 1960 to 1973, compiling a record of 96–31–2, and as the athletic director at the school from 1970 to 1983. Banks was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1992. He died on October 27, 1993, as a result of a car crash in Baltimore.{{cite news |last=Preston |first=Mike |title=Much More Than Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82388282/the-baltimore-sun/ |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland |date=October 27, 1993 |page=1D |access-date=July 28, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Preston |first=Mike |title=Coaching just start for Banks (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82388331/the-baltimore-sun/ |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland |date=October 27, 1993 |page=6D |access-date=July 28, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Morgan State Bears

| conf = Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1960

| endyear = 1970

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1960

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 3–3–1

| conference = 3–3–1

| confstanding = 8th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1961

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 5–4

| conference = 5–4

| confstanding = 8th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1962

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 8–1

| conference = 8–1

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1963

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 8–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname = Orange Blossom Classic

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1964

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 7–2

| conference = 7–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1965

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 9–0

| conference = 8–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname = Orange Blossom Classic

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1966

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 9–0

| conference = 8–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname = Tangerine

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| year = 1967

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 8–0

| conference = 8–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1968

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 8–1

| conference = 7–1

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1969

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 6–4

| conference = 6–2

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = division

| year = 1970

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 5–0

| confstanding = 1st (Northern)

| bowlname = Boardwalk

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Morgan State Bears

| conf = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1971

| endyear = 1973

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1971

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 6–4–1

| conference = 5–0–1

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1972

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 4–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1973

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 6–3

| conference = 4–2

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Morgan State

| overall = 96–31–2

| confrecord = 86–18–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 96–31–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

References

External links

[http://www.morganstatebears.com/hof.aspx?hof=40 Morgan State Hall of Fame profile]
{{College Football HoF|1855}}

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