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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]

Duane Banks

Biographical details
Born	1941 (age 80–81) Grand Junction, Colorado
Playing career
1959	Colorado State
1960–1962	Mesa Junior College
1963–1964	Colorado State
1964	SRL Braves
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1965	Colorado State (asst.)
1966	Parsons (asst.)
1967–1968	Parsons
1969	Colorado State (asst.)
1970	Iowa (asst.)
1970–1997	Iowa
Head coaching record
Overall	901–585–4
Tournaments	Big 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)

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Parsons Wildcats () (1967–1968)
Parsons:		91–10
Iowa Hawkeyes (Big Ten Conference) (1970–1997)
1970	Iowa	14–13	6–11	9th
1971	Iowa	28–17	10–8	5th
1972	Iowa	25–17	13–3	1st	College World Series
1973	Iowa	16–14–1	8–10	T-7th
1974	Iowa	27–13	11–5	T-1st
1975	Iowa	29–14	11–3	2nd	Midwest Regional
1976	Iowa	23–16	9–7	T-5th
1977	Iowa	40–14	10–8	T-4th
1978	Iowa	28–17	9–6	4th
1979	Iowa	32–12	10–6	5th
1980	Iowa	31–14	11–5	3rd
1981	Iowa	44–21	8–6	3rd (West)
1982	Iowa	31–21	5–11	5th (West)
1983	Iowa	32–21–1	7–7	2nd (West)	Big Ten Tournament
1984	Iowa	31–26	7–8	3rd (West)
1985	Iowa	40–20	9–7	T-2nd (West)
1986	Iowa	29–27	2–13	5th (West)
1987	Iowa	40–20	9–7	T-2nd (West)	Big Ten Tournament
1988	Iowa	29–25	14–14	6th
1989	Iowa	37–20	17–11	T-2nd	Big Ten Tournament
1990	Iowa	38–19	22–6	1st	Northeast Regional
1991	Iowa	26–28–1	11–17	9th
1992	Iowa	26–28	12–16	7th
1993	Iowa	32–20	13–13	6th
1994	Iowa	22–32–1	13–15	T-3rd
1995	Iowa	29–24	13–15	7th
1996	Iowa	25–22	13–13	7th
1997	Iowa	17–30	7–16	10th
Iowa:		810–575–4	290–267
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

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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