Melvin Henry 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 M*achusetts 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 M*achusetts State College (1933–1936), Purdue University (1945–1950), and Carleton (1950–1960), am*ing a career college basketball mark of 201–142 and winning four Midwest Conference championships. He was the head baseball coach at M*achusetts 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.

Contents

• 1 Coaching career
• 2 Head coaching record
  • 2.1 Football
  • 2.2 Basketball
  • 2.3 Baseball
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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 *istant football coach until *uming the role of head football coach in 1960, following the death of Warren Beson. Taube served 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, compe*ive spirit, and excellence in athletics." In 2008, the Carleton baseball field was named for Taube.

Head coaching record

Football

Basketball

Baseball

References

External links

• Mel Taube at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
• Mel Taube at Find a Grave