Mel Taube

Mel Taube
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	(1904-12-20)December 20, 1904^[1] Detroit, Michigan
Died	June 15, 1979(1979-06-15) (aged 74)^[2] Pinellas County, Florida
Playing career
Football
1923–1925	Purdue
Basketball
1924–1926	Purdue
Baseball
1924–1926	Purdue
Position(s)	Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926–1927	Purdue (assistant)
1931–1935	Massachusetts State
1936–1942	Purdue (assistant)
1946	Purdue (assistant)
1950–1959	Carleton (assistant)
1960–1969	Carleton
Basketball
1933–1936	Massachusetts State
1936–1942	Purdue (assistant)
1945–1950	Purdue
1950–1960	Carleton
Baseball
1932–1935	Massachusetts State
1947–1950	Purdue
1951–1970	Carleton
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1959–1970	Carleton
Head coaching record
Overall	62–58–5 (football) 201–142 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 4 MWC (1952–1954, 1958) Baseball 3 MWC (1953, 1957, 1964)

Melvin Henry "Mel" Taube (December 20, 1904 – June 15, 1979) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Massachusetts State College, from 1931 to 1935 and at Carleton College from 1960 to 1969, compiling a career college football record of 62–58–5. Taube was also the head basketball coach at Massachusetts State College (1933–1936), Purdue University (1945–1950), and Carleton (1950–1960), amassing a career college basketball mark of 201–142 and winning four Midwest Conference championships. He was the head baseball coach at Massachusetts State (1932–1935), Purdue (1947–1950), and Carleton (1951–1970), tallying a career college baseball record of 93–74–3. A three-sport letterman, Taube played football, basketball, and baseball at Purdue University.

Coaching career

Taube spent 20 seasons at Carleton College, arriving in the summer of 1950 as the head basketball and head baseball coach. He was also an assistant football coach until assuming the role as head football coach in 1960, following the death of Warren Beson. Taube serve as Carleton's head football coach, head baseball coach, and athletic director until his retirement in 1970.

In his honor, Carleton annually awards the Mel Taube Award to a varsity athlete for "dedication, loyalty, competitive spirit and excellence in athletics.^[3] In 2008, the Carleton baseball field was named for Taube.^[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1931–1935)
1931	Massachusetts State	7–1–1
1932	Massachusetts State	7–2
1933	Massachusetts State	5–3
1934	Massachusetts State	5–3–1
1935	Massachusetts State	5–4
Massachusetts State:		29–13–2
Carleton Knights (Midwest Conference) (1960–1969)
1960	Carleton	5–3	5–3	4th
1961	Carleton	5–2–1	5–2–1	4th
1962	Carleton	4–4	4–4	6th
1963	Carleton	5–2–1	5–2–1	2nd
1964	Carleton	0–8	0–8	10th
1965	Carleton	3–5	3–5	7th
1966	Carleton	3–5	3–5	T–5th
1967	Carleton	2–5–1	2–5–1	8th
1968	Carleton	3–5	3–5	T–6th
1969	Carleton	3–6	3–6	8th
Carleton:		33–45–3	33–45–3
Total:		62–58–5

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1933–1936)
1933–34	Massachusetts State	12–0
1934–35	Massachusetts State	6–6
1935–36	Massachusetts State	2–12
Massachusetts State:		20–18
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1945–1950)
1945–46	Purdue	3–4	2–4	8th
1946–47	Purdue	9–11	4–8	8th
1947–48	Purdue	11–9	6–6	5th
1948–49	Purdue	13–9	6–6	T–4th
1949–50	Purdue	9–13	3–9	T–8th
Purdue:		45–46	21–33
Carleton Knights (Midwest Conference) (1950–1960)
1950–51	Carleton	13–7	7–3	3rd
1951–52	Carleton	18–4	10–0	1st
1952–53	Carleton	18–4	10–2	T–1st
1953–54	Carleton	17–5	9–3	T–1st
1954–55	Carleton	16–6	10–2	2nd
1955–56	Carleton	7–15	6–10	6th
1956–57	Carleton	12–10	9–7	4th
1957–58	Carleton	16–5	12–4	T–1st
1958–59	Carleton	9–12	8–8	5th
1959–60	Carleton	10–12	9–9	T–5th
Carleton:		136–80	83–45
Total:		201–142
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Baseball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1932–1935)
1932	Massachusetts State	9–6
1933	Massachusetts State	7–5
1934	Massachusetts State	8–5
1935	Massachusetts State	7–6
Massachusetts State Aggies:		31–22
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1947–1950)
1947	Purdue	13–10	4–9	8th
1948	Purdue	14–7–1	8–6	4th
1949	Purdue	14–9–2	7–5	3rd
1950	Purdue	11–14	2–8	8th
Purdue:		52–40–3	21–28
Carleton Knights (Midwest Conference) (1951–1970)
1951	Carleton
1952	Carleton
1953	Carleton		6–2	1st
1954	Carleton		3–5	T–4th
1955	Carleton		1–2	T–4th
1956	Carleton		1–4	3rd (North)
1957	Carleton		4–2	1st (North)
1958	Carleton		2–1	1st (Minnesota)
1959	Carleton		5–3	2nd (North)
1960	Carleton		3–4	T–2nd (North)
1961	Carleton		0–2	5th (North)
1962	Carleton		3–5	4th (North)
1963	Carleton		2–6	5th (North)
1964	Carleton		7–1	1st (North)
1965	Carleton		4–4	3rd (North)
1966	Carleton		2–4	3rd (North)
1967	Carleton		4–4	T–2nd (North)
1968	Carleton		0–6	T–4th (North)
1969	Carleton		3–5	4th (North)
1970	Carleton		5–3	2nd (North)
Carleton:
Total:
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

External links

Mel Taube at the College Football Data Warehouse
Mel Taube at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

UMass Minutemen head football coaches

No coach (1879–1897)
David F. Weeks (1898)
Fred W. Murphy (1899–1900)
James Halligan (1901–1903)
Matthew W. Bullock (1904)
Walter Craig (1905)
George E. O'Hearn (1906)
Matthew W. Bullock (1907–1908)
J. W. Gage (1909)
Willard Gildersleeve (1910)
Jack Hubbard (1911)
Arthur Brides (1912–1915)
George Melican (1916)
No team (1917–1918)
Harold Gore (1919–1927)
Charles McGeoch (1928–1930)
Mel Taube (1931–1935)
Elbert Caraway (1936–1940)
Walter Hargesheimer (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Thomas Eck (1945)
Walter Hargesheimer (1946)
Thomas Eck (1947–1951)
Charlie O'Rourke (1952–1959)
Chuck Studley (1960)
Vic Fusia (1961–1970)
Dick MacPherson (1971–1977)
Bob Pickett (1978–1983)
Bob Stull (1984–1985)
Jim Reid (1986–1991)
Mike Hodges (1992–1997)
Mark Whipple (1998–2003)
Don Brown (2004–2008)
Kevin Morris (2009–2011)
Charley Molnar (2012–2013)
Mark Whipple (2014– )

UMass Minutemen head baseball coaches

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No team (1878–1881)
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No team (1886)
No coach (1887–1889)
No team (1890)
No coach (1891–1903)
Patrick Bowler (1904)
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Edwin L. Breckenridge (1908)
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W. J. Fitzmaurice (1911–1916)
No coach (1917)
No team (1918)
No coach (1919)
Harold Gore (1920–1922)
Herbert Collins (1923)
Emory Grayson (1924)
Lorin Ball (1925–1931)
Mel Taube (1932–1935)
Elbert Caraway (1936–1940)
Reid (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Reid (1946–1947)
Earl Lorden (1948–1966)
Dick Berquist (1967–1987)
Mike Stone (1988– )

UMass Minutemen basketball head coaches

No coach (1899–1900)
No team (1900–1901)
No coach (1901–1909)
No team (1910–1916)
Harold Gore (1916–1917)
Sumner Dole (1917–1918)
Harold Gore # (1918–1919)
Emory Grayson (1919–1920)
Harold Gore (1920–1929)
Fritz Ellert (1929–1933)
Mel Taube (1933–1936)
Wilho Frigard (1936–1940)
Louis Bush (1940–1941)
Fritz Ellert # (1941)
Walter Hargesheimer (1941–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Lorin Ball (1945–1946)
Walter Hargesheimer (1946)
Lorin Ball (1946–1952)
Robert Curran (1952–1959)
Matt Zunic (1959–1963)
Johnny Orr (1963–1966)
Jack Leaman (1966–1979)
Ray Wilson (1979–1981)
Tom McLaughlin (1981–1983)
Ron Gerlufson (1983–1988)
John Calipari (1988–1996)
Bruiser Flint (1996–2001)
Steve Lappas (2001–2005)
Travis Ford (2005–2008)
Derek Kellogg (2008– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball head coaches

F. Homer Curtis (1896–1897)
No team (1897–1899)
Alpha Jamison (1899–1901)
Charles Best (1901–1902)
C. I. Freeman (1902–1903)
No coach (1903–1904)
James Nufer (1904–1905)
C. B. Jamison (1905–1908)
E. J. Stewart (1908–1909)
Ralph Jones (1909–1912)
Robert E. Vaughan (1912–1916)
Ward Lambert (1916–1917)
J. J. Maloney (1917–1918)
Ward Lambert (1918–1946)
Mel Taube (1946–1950)
Ray Eddy (1950–1965)
George King (1965–1972)
Fred Schaus (1972–1978)
Lee Rose (1978–1980)
Gene Keady (1980–2005)
Matt Painter (2005– )

Purdue Boilermakers head baseball coaches

No coach (1888–1891)
W. M. Phillips (1892–1893)
No coach (1894–1899)
W. H. Fox (1900–1901)
Bill Priel (1902)
J. C. Kelsey (1903–1904)
Philip O'Neil (1905)
Hugh Nicol (1906–1914)
B. P. Pattison (1915–1916)
Ward Lambert (1917)
John Pierce (1918)
Ward Lambert (1919–1935)
Dutch Fehring (1936–1942)
C. S. Doan (1943–1944)
Ward Lambert (1945–1946)
Mel Taube (1947–1950)
Hank Stram (1951–1955)
Paul Hoffman (1956–1959)
Joe Sexson (1960–1977)
Dave Alexander (1978–1991)
Steve Green (1992–1998)
Bob Shepherd (1998)
Doug Schreiber (1999–2016)
Mark Wasikowski (2017– )

Carleton Knights head football coaches

Unknown (?–1902)
J. Arthur Baird (1903–1905)
Unknown (1906)
Myron S. Curtis (1907–1908)
Unknown (1909–1913)
Claude J. Hunt (1914–1916)
Unknown (1917–1919)
Claude J. Hunt (1920–1931)
Elmer A. Lampe (1932–1933)
George Gibson (1934)
Unknown (1935–1937)
Walter Hass (1938–1955)
Warren Beson (1956–1959)
Mel Taube (1960–1969)
Dale Quist (1970–1978)
Bob Sullivan (1979–2000)
Chris Brann (2001–2005)
Kurt Ramler (2006–2011)
Bob Pagel (2012– )

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