title: Ben Beck
text: # Ben Beck
  
  Benjamin Harlow Beck (April 14, 1889 – January 26, 1968) was an American college football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1919, at Hamline University from 1921 to 1923, and at Middlebury College from 1928 to 1941. Beck was hired as coach of all freshmen athletics at Brown University in 1924.
  
  Beck was born April 14, 1889, in Bartley, Nebraska, to Charles and Sarah (Dillon) Beck. He attended Nebraska Wesleyan and graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science degree. Beck died on January 26, 1968, at Guthrie Nursing Home in Woodstock, Vermont.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### Football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes (Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference) (1919) ||||||
  | 1919 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 7–2 | 6–1 | 2nd |
  | Nebraska Wesleyan: | Nebraska Wesleyan: | 7–2 | 6–1 | |
  | Hamline Pipers (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1921) ||||||
  | 1921 | Hamline | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1st |
  | Hamline Pipers (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference / Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1922–1923) ||||||
  | 1922 | Hamline | 4–2–1 | 2–1 / 3–1 | 4th / 3rd |
  | 1923 | Hamline | 4–3 | 0–3 / 3–1 | T–7th / T–2nd |
  | Hamline: | Hamline: | 14–5–1 | 12–5 | |
  | Middlebury Panthers (Independent) (1928–1941) ||||||
  | 1928 | Middlebury | 1–6–1 | | |
  | 1929 | Middlebury | 3–5 | | |
  | 1930 | Middlebury | 2–6 | | |
  | 1931 | Middlebury | 3–5 | | |
  | 1932 | Middlebury | 4–4 | | |
  | 1933 | Middlebury | 6–1–1 | | |
  | 1934 | Middlebury | 3–3–1 | | |
  | 1935 | Middlebury | 1–6–1 | | |
  | 1936 | Middlebury | 8–0 | | |
  | 1937 | Middlebury | 6–2 | | |
  | 1938 | Middlebury | 5–3 | | |
  | 1939 | Middlebury | 3–4–1 | | |
  | 1940 | Middlebury | 0–8 | | |
  | 1941 | Middlebury | 1–7 | | |
  | Middlebury: | Middlebury: | 46–60–5 | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 67–67–6 | | |
  | National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
  