Mark Banks
Mark Banks went 100–71–10 as a head coach, 1909–1948, at Central University, Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio, Drake, Tennessee and Hartwick. Share
14 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1909–11 at Central University; 1912 at Ohio Wesleyan; 1913–17 at Ohio; 1941–42, 1946–48 at Hartwick. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 100–71–10 career
- Seasons
- 22
- Schools
- 6
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1922 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Central University * | 6–1–1 | ||||
| 1910 | Central University * | 9–0 | ||||
| 1911 | Central University * | 3–2–1 | T–16th | |||
| 1912 | Ohio Wesleyan * | 3–6 | 9th | |||
| 1913 | Ohio * | 2–5–1 | 10th | |||
| 1914 | Ohio * | 4–4 | 5th | |||
| 1915 | Ohio * | 8–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1916 | Ohio * | 5–2–1 | 4th | |||
| 1917 | Ohio * | 3–5 | T–6th | |||
| 1918 | Drake | 3–2 | 7th | |||
| 1919 | Drake | 4–3 | 3rd | |||
| 1920 | Drake | 4–5–1 | 5th | |||
| 1921 | Tennessee | 6–2–1 | 6th | |||
| 1922 | Tennessee | 8–2 | T–6th | |||
| 1923 | Tennessee | 5–4–1 | 10th | |||
| 1924 | Tennessee | 3–5 | 22nd | |||
| 1925 | Tennessee | 5–2–1 | T–10th | |||
| 1926–40: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1941 | Hartwick * | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1942 | Hartwick * | 1–5–1 | ||||
| 1943–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | Hartwick * | 6–2 | ||||
| 1947 | Hartwick * | 5–4 | ||||
| 1948 | Hartwick * | 3–5 | ||||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 14 | 4–9–1 | 32% |
| Conference games | 37 | 16–18–3 | 47% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 26 | 13–9–4 | 58% |
| At home | 39 | 29–8–2 | 77% |
| On the road | 28 | 9–17–2 | 36% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 43 | 33–6–4 | 81% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 24 | 5–19 | 21% |
His own 67 games on file, 1918–1925, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan McGugin 1921–1925 | 0–4 | Vanderbilt | 4 | |
| George Woodruff 1923–1925 | 1–2 | Georgia | 3 |
Mark Banks’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Stateseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Maryville (TN)series | 5 | 4–0–1 |
| Kentuckyseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
| Emory & Henryseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Georgiaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Simpson (IA)series | 3 | 3–0 |
| Washington St. Louisseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909–11 | Central University | Head coach | |
| 1912 | Ohio Wesleyan | Head coach | |
| 1913–17 | Ohio | Head coach | |
| 1918–20 | Drake | Head coach | |
| 1921–25 | Tennessee | Head coach | |
| 1941–48 | Hartwick | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bunny OakesMontana, Colorado, Wyoming, Grinnell
- Bob NeylandTennessee
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunny Oakes | Tennessee, 1924–25: line coach | Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Grinnell | |
| Bob Neyland | Tennessee, 1925: assistant coach | Tennessee |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.