Melvin J. Binford

[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.

[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 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.