Duane Banks

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Duane Banks
Biographical details
Born1941 (age 8182)
Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S.
Playing career
1959 Colorado State
1960–1962 Mesa Junior College
1963–1964Colorado State
1964 SRL Braves
Position(s) Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1965Colorado State (asst.)
1966 Parsons (asst.)
1967–1968Parsons
1969 Colorado State (asst.)
1970 Iowa (asst.)
1970–1997Iowa
Head coaching record
Overall901–585–4
TournamentsBig Ten: 4–8
NCAA: 4–7
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 3× Big Ten Conference (1972, 1974, 1990)
Awards
  • 3× All-Rocky Mountain (1959, 1963, 1964)
  • Big Ten Coach of the Year (1990)

Donald Duane Banks (born 1941) is a former American college baseball coach and catcher. He played professional baseball in 1964, before returning to college. He was the head baseball coach at the University of Iowa from 1970 to 1997. [1]

Contents

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Parsons Wildcats ()(1967–1968)
Parsons:91–10
Iowa Hawkeyes (Big Ten Conference)(1970–1997)
1970 Iowa 14–136–119th
1971 Iowa 28–1710–85th
1972 Iowa 25–1713–31st College World Series
1973 Iowa 16–14–18–10T-7th
1974 Iowa 27–1311–5T-1st
1975 Iowa 29–1411–32nd Midwest Regional
1976 Iowa 23–169–7T-5th
1977 Iowa 40–1410–8T-4th
1978 Iowa 28–179–64th
1979 Iowa 32–1210–65th
1980 Iowa 31–1411–53rd
1981 Iowa 44–218–63rd (West)
1982 Iowa 31–215–115th (West)
1983 Iowa 32–21–17–72nd (West) Big Ten Tournament
1984 Iowa 31–267–83rd (West)
1985 Iowa 40–209–7T-2nd (West)
1986 Iowa 29–272–135th (West)
1987 Iowa 40–209–7T-2nd (West) Big Ten Tournament
1988 Iowa 29–2514–146th
1989 Iowa 37–2017–11T-2nd Big Ten Tournament
1990 Iowa 38–1922–61st Northeast Regional
1991 Iowa 26–28–111–179th
1992 Iowa 26–2812–167th
1993 Iowa 32–2013–136th
1994 Iowa 22–32–113–15T-3rd
1995 Iowa 29–2413–157th
1996 Iowa 25–2213–137th
1997 Iowa 17–307–1610th
Iowa:810–575–4290–267
Total:901–585–4

      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

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References

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