Melvin J. Binford

Melvin J. Binford

Binford from the 1948 Parnassus
Biographical details
Born	(1903-02-08)February 8, 1903 Kansas, U.S.
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
1936–1938	Oklahoma City (assistant)
1939–1941	El Dorado
1944–1945	Wichita
Basketball
1928–1930	Hutchinson
1930–1936	McPherson
1936–1939	Oklahoma City
1939–1942	El Dorado
1942–1948	Wichita
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1930–1936	McPherson
1937–1939	Oklahoma City
1939–1942	El Dorado
Head coaching record
Overall	34–32–5 (college football) 16–16–2 (junior college football)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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) (1936–1939)
1936–37	Oklahoma City	23–8
1937–38	Oklahoma City	7–15
1938–39	Oklahoma City	10–8
Oklahoma City:		40–31 (.563)
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:		– (–)

Junior college football

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
El Dorado Grizzlies (Kansas Junior College Conference) (1939–1941)
1939	El Dorado	4–4	3–4	7th
1940	El Dorado	3–5–1	2–4–1	9th
1941	El Dorado	6–3	6–2	4th
El Dorado:		13–12–1	2–2
Total:		16–16–2

External links

• Melvin J. Binford at Find a Grave