Mel Taube

Mel Taube

Biographical details
Born	(1904-12-20)December 20, 1904 Detroit, Michigan
Died	June 15, 1979(1979-06-15) (aged 74) Pinellas County, Florida
Playing career
Position(s)	Quarterback (football)
Head coaching record
Overall	62–58–5 (football) 201–142 (basketball) 93–74–3 (baseball)

Melvin Henry "Mel" Taube (December 20, 1904 – June 15, 1979) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. 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, winning 4 Midwest Conference championships.

He was the head baseball coach at Massachusetts State (1932–1935), Purdue (1947–1950) and Carleton (1967 and 1969), tallying a career college baseball record of 93–74–3.

A three-sport letterman, Taube played football, basketball, and baseball at Purdue.

Taube spent twenty seasons at Carleton, arriving in the summer of 1950 as the Head Basketball and Baseball Coach, he was also an Assistant Football Coach. He assumed the Head Football Coach in 1960, following the death of Coach Warren Beson, he would serve as the Head Football and Baseball Coach, in addition to his duties as the Athletic Director until his retirement in 1970.

In his honor and memory, Carleton College awards the Mel Taube Award to a Varsity Athlete annually; in 2008, the Carleton baseball field was named for Coach Taube.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
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
1961	Carleton	5–2–1
1962	Carleton	4–4
1963	Carleton	5–2–1
1964	Carleton	0–8
1965	Carleton	3–5
1966	Carleton	3–5
1967	Carleton	2–5–1
1968	Carleton	3–5
1969	Carleton	3–6
Carleton:		33–45–3
Total:		62–58–5
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
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
Carleton Knights (Midwest Conference) (1950–1960)
1950–51	Carleton	13–7
1951–52	Carleton	18–4
1952–53	Carleton	18–4
1953–54	Carleton	17–5
1954–55	Carleton	16–6
1955–56	Carleton	7–15
1956–57	Carleton	12–10
1957–58	Carleton	16–5
1958–59	Carleton	9–12
1959–60	Carleton	10–12
Carleton:		136–80
Total:		201–142

Baseball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
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
1954	Carleton
1955	Carleton
1956	Carleton
1957	Carleton
1958	Carleton
1959	Carleton
1960	Carleton
1961	Carleton
1962	Carleton
1963	Carleton
1964	Carleton
1965	Carleton
1966	Carleton
1967	Carleton
1968	Carleton
1969	Carleton
1970	Carleton
Carleton:		11–16
Total:		93–74–3

External links

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• Mel Taube at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com