Melvin J. Binford

{{Short description|American sports coach and administrator (1903–1984)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Melvin J. Binford

| image = Mel_Binford.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Binford from the 1948 Parnassus

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|2|8}}

| birth_place = Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|9|12|1903|2|8}}

| death_place = St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1924–1925

| player_team2 = Pittsburg State

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years4 = 1923–1925

| player_team4 = Pittsburg State

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1929

| coach_team2 = Hutchinson

| coach_years3 = 1930–1935

| coach_team3 = McPherson

| coach_years4 = 1936–1938

| coach_team4 = Oklahoma City (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1939–1941

| coach_team5 = El Dorado

| coach_years6 = 1944–1945

| coach_team6 = Wichita

| coach_sport7 = Basketball

| coach_years8 = 1928–1930

| coach_team8 = Hutchinson

| coach_years9 = 1930–1936

| coach_team9 = McPherson

| coach_years10 = 1936–1939

| coach_team10 = Oklahoma City

| coach_years11 = 1939–1942

| coach_team11 = El Dorado

| coach_years12 = 1942–1948

| coach_team12 = Wichita

| admin_years1 = 1930–1936

| admin_team1 = McPherson

| admin_years2 = 1937–1939

| admin_team2 = Oklahoma City

| admin_years3 = 1939–1942

| admin_team3 = El Dorado

| overall_record = 34–32–5 (college football)
16–16–2 (junior college football)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Melvin J. Binford (February 8, 1903 – September 12, 1984) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 1930 to 1935 and the Municipal University of Wichita—now known as Wichita State University—from 1944 to 1945.

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.macbulldogs.com/custompages/Media%20Guides/2010%20McPherson%20College%20Football%20Media%20Guide%20(web).pdf|title=McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010|publisher=McPherson College Athletics|access-date=November 10, 2010}}

=El Dorado=

In 1939, McPherson was hired as athletic director and coach of all sports at El Dorado Junior College—now known as Butler Community College—in El Dorado, Kansas.{{cite news |author= |title=Melvin Binford to Coach At ElDorado J.C. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-iola-register/149546477/ |newspaper=The Iola Register |location=Iola, Kansas |agency=Associated Press |date=May 15, 1939 |page=6 |access-date=June 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

=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.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/w/wichita_state/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929211539/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/w/wichita_state/coaching_records.php |date=September 29, 2012 }} Wichita State University coaching results Binford "re-started" the program after a one-year hiatus (1943) when the school did not field a team.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/w/wichita_state/index.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920050557/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/w/wichita_state/index.php |date=2010-09-20 }} Wichita State University historical data

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.

Later life and death

Binford moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1982 from Casa Grande, Arizona. He died on September 12, 1984, in St. Petersburg.{{cite news |author= |title=obituaries; Binford, Melvin J. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-obituary-for-melvin-j-b/149546910/ |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=St. Petersburg, Florida |date=September 13, 1984 |page=11B |access-date=June 17, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite web|title=PSU Alumni Obituaries, A-E|url=http://library.pittstate.edu/univarchives/obits/obits_ae.html|publisher=Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg State University|access-date=February 5, 2011|date=June 8, 2009|archive-date=July 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720030420/http://library.pittstate.edu/univarchives/obits/obits_ae.html|url-status=dead}}

Head coaching record

=College football=

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

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = McPherson Bulldogs

| conf = Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1930

| endyear = 1935

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1930

| name = McPherson

| overall = 1–7

| conference = 0–4

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1931

| name = McPherson

| overall = 2–6–1

| conference = 1–2–1

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1932

| name = McPherson

| overall = 3–6

| conference = 0–4

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1933

| name = McPherson

| overall = 7–2

| conference = 3–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1934

| name = McPherson

| overall = 6–2–1

| conference = 3–1–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1935

| name = McPherson

| overall = 4–3–2

| conference = 2–1–2

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = McPherson

| overall = 23–26–4

| confrecord = 9–13–4

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Wichita Shockers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1944

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1944

| name = Wichita

| overall = 5–2–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Wichita Shockers

| conf = Missouri Valley Conference

| startyear = 1945

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1945

| name = Wichita

| overall = 6–4

| conference = 1–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Wichita

| overall = 11–6–1

| confrecord = 1–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 34–32–5

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

=College basketball=

{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Oklahoma City Goldbugs

| conference = Independent

| startyear = 1936

| endyear = 1939

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1936–37

| name = Oklahoma City

| overall = 23–8

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1937–38

| name = Oklahoma City

| overall = 7–15

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1938–39

| name = Oklahoma City

| overall = 10–8

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Oklahoma City

| overall = {{Winning percentage|40|31|record=y}}

| confrecord =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Wichita Shockers

| conference = Independent

| startyear = 1942

| endyear = 1945

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1942–43

| name = Wichita

| overall = 12–7

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1944–45

| name = Wichita

| overall = 14–6

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Wichita Shockers

| conference = Missouri Valley Conference

| startyear = 1945

| endyear = 1948

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1945–46

| name = Wichita

| overall = 14–9

| conference = 6–4

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1946–47

| name = Wichita

| overall = 8–17

| conference = 2–10

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1947–48

| name = Wichita

| overall = 12–13

| conference = 1–9

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Wichita

| overall = {{Winning percentage|60|52|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|9|23|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = {{Winning percentage|||record=y}}

| legend = no

}}

=Junior college football=

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

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Hutchinson Blue Dragons

| conf = Kansas Junior College Conference

| startyear = 1929

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1929

| name = Hutchinson

| overall = 3–4–1

| conference = 2–2

| confstanding = T–5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Hutchinson

| overall = 3–4–1

| confrecord = 2–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = El Dorado Grizzlies

| conf = Kansas Junior College Conference

| startyear = 1939

| endyear = 1941

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1939

| name = El Dorado

| overall = 4–4

| conference = 3–4

| confstanding = 7th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1940

| name = El Dorado

| overall = 3–5–1

| conference = 2–4–1

| confstanding = 9th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1941

| name = El Dorado

| overall = 6–3

| conference = 6–2

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = El Dorado

| overall = 13–12–1

| confrecord = 2–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 16–16–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Year-by-Year Summary |url=https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/Records/FB_Season_by_Season |publisher=Hutchinson Community College Athletics |access-date=May 27, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2023 Media Guide |url=https://www.butlergrizzlies.com/sports/fball/2023-24/files/FB_Media_Guide_2023_-_FINAL.pdf |publisher=Butler Community College |page=102 |access-date=June 17, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference All-Time Football Standings |url=https://www.kjccc.org/sports/Scanned_Records/Scanned_Football/KJCCC_All-Time_Football_Standing_Composite.pdf |publisher=Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |page=1 |access-date=May 27, 2024 }}