| Melvin J. Binford | |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1903 |
| Birth Place: | Kansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1924–1925 |
| Player Team2: | Pittsburg State |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1923–1925 |
| Player Team4: | Pittsburg State |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1929 |
| Coach Team2: | Hutchinson |
| Coach Years3: | 1930–1935 |
| Coach Team3: | McPherson |
| Coach Years4: | 1936–1938 |
| Coach Team4: | Oklahoma City (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1939–1941 |
| Coach Team5: | El Dorado |
| Coach Years6: | 1944–1945 |
| Coach Team6: | Wichita |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1928–1930 |
| Coach Team8: | Hutchinson |
| Coach Years9: | 1930–1936 |
| Coach Team9: | McPherson |
| Coach Years10: | 1936–1939 |
| Coach Team10: | Oklahoma City |
| Coach Years11: | 1939–1942 |
| Coach Team11: | El Dorado |
| Coach Years12: | 1942–1948 |
| Coach Team12: | Wichita |
| Admin Years1: | 1930–1936 |
| Admin Team1: | McPherson |
| Admin Years2: | 1937–1939 |
| Admin Team2: | Oklahoma City |
| Admin Years3: | 1939–1942 |
| Admin Team3: | El Dorado |
| Overall Record: | 34–32–5 (college football) 16–16–2 (junior college football) |
Melvin J. Binford (February 8, 1903 – September 12, 1984) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 1930 to 1935 and the Municipal University of Wichita—now known as Wichita State University—from 1944 to 1945.
Binford was the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas, serving for six seasons, from 1930 until 1935, and compiling a record of 23–26–4.[1]
In 1939, McPherson was hired as athletic director and coach of all sports at El Dorado Junior College—now known as Butler Community College—in El Dorado, Kansas.[2]
Binford was the 17th head football coach at the Municipal University of Wichita—now known as Wichita State University, serving for two seasons, from 1944 to 1945, and compiling a record of 11–6–1.[3] Binford "re-started" the program after a one-year hiatus (1943) when the school did not field a team.[4]
Binford was more successful as Wichita's fourteenth head basketball coach. He assumed the head coaching job for the 1942–43 season, then restarted the program after it was suspended for the 1943–44 season during World War II. He coached the Shockers' basketball team for a total of five seasons, building a record of 60–50.
Binford moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1982 from Casa Grande, Arizona. He died on September 12, 1984, in St. Petersburg.[5] [6]