Duane Banks

Duane D. Banks

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
• School Mesa State College, Colorado State College, Colorado State University
• High School Fruita High School

• Born ~1941

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Biographical Information

Duane Banks was a long-time college coach.

Banks was All-League at Northern Colorado and went to the 1960 College World Series; he also played basketball there for a year. He was 0 for 4 for the SRL Braves in his only game as a pro.

Banks was freshman baseball coach at Colorado State College in 1965 and was assistant coach at Parsons College in 1966. [1] He was then head coach of Parsons in 1967-1968, compiling a 91-10 record (likely including fall games). [2] [3] He then went to Colorado State University to work on a master's degree [4].

Banks was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa for 1970, but was named acting coach before the season when Dick Schultz stepped aside to focus on coaching basketball. Banks was head coach from 1970-1997, going 810-575-4. He took the school to the 1972 College World Series, their first (and as of 2011, only) appearance in a College World Series. He set school records for wins in a season (44 in 1981) and career. He was the college coach for future major league mainstays Jim Sundberg, Mike Boddicker and Cal Eldred most notably. Banks also managed Team USA in the 1985 Intercontinental Cup, when they finished a disappointing 2-5 despite players like Jeff King, Kevin Brown, Jack McDowell and Matt Williams. Banks also was president of the American Baseball Coaches Association and is in the ABCA Hall of Fame. He later was a volunteer assistant coach at Mesa State College.

Sources: University of Northern Colorado, Mesa State College, USA Baseball

Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1967	Parsons College	31-2
1968	Parsons College	32-5
1970	University of Iowa	24-22	6-11
1971	University of Iowa	28-17	10-8
1972	University of Iowa	25-17	13-3	CWS District Tournaments / CWS
1973	University of Iowa	16-14-1	8-10
1974	University of Iowa	27-13	11-4
1975	University of Iowa	29-14	11-3	CWS Regionals
1976	University of Iowa	23-16	9-7
1977	University of Iowa	40-14	10-8
1978	University of Iowa	28-17	9-5
1979	University of Iowa	32-12	10-6
1980	University of Iowa	31-14	11-5
1981	University of Iowa	44-21	8-6
1982	University of Iowa	31-23	5-11
1983	University of Iowa	32-21-1	7-7	Big Ten
1984	University of Iowa	31-26	7-8
1985	University of Iowa	40-20	9-7
1986	University of Iowa	29-27	2-13
1987	University of Iowa	29-28	9-7	Big Ten
1988	University of Iowa	29-25	14-14
1989	University of Iowa	37-20	17-11	Big Ten
1990	University of Iowa	38-19	22-6	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1991	University of Iowa	26-28-1	11-17
1992	University of Iowa	26-28	12-16
1993	University of Iowa	32-20	13-13
1994	University of Iowa	22-32-1	13-15
1995	University of Iowa	29-24	13-15
1996	University of Iowa	25-22	13-13
1997	University of Iowa	17-30	7-16