Mel Taube

Mel Taube

Playing career
Position(s)	Quarterback (football)
Head coaching record
Overall	62–58–5 (football) 201–142 (basketball) 93–74–3 (baseball)

Melvin H. "Mel" Taube was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Massachusetts State College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, 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 (1933–1936), Purdue University (1945–1950), and Carlton (1950–1960), amassing a career college basketball mark of 201–142. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Massachusetts State (1932–1935), Purdue (1947–1950) and Carlton (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.

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 () (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
1946–47	Purdue	9-11
1947–48	Purdue	11-9
1948–49	Purdue	13-9			}}
1949–50	Purdue	9-13
Purdue:		45-46
Carleton Knights () (1950–1960)
Carleton:
Total:

Baseball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Mass State Aggies (Independent) (1932–1935)
1932	Mass State	9-6
1933	Mass State	7-5
1934	Mass State	8-5
1935	Mass State	7-6
Mass State Aggies:		31–22
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten) (1947–1950)
1947	Purdue	13-10	5-8
1948	Purdue	14-7-1	9-5
1949	Purdue	14-9-2	7-5
1950	Purdue	11-14	2-8
Purdue:		52-40-3	23-26
Carleton Knights () (1967)
1967	Carleton
Carleton Knights () (1969)
1969	Carleton
Carleton:
Total:

External links

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