Bio

Zack Banks is entering his second season at Northwest Florida State and his seventh overall. He rejoined the Raiders in 2023 after spending one year at New Mexico State University.

In six total years, Banks has helped lead the Raiders to an overall record of 158-26 (.859), highlighted by winning the 2021 NJCAA National Championship to mark the first-ever in program history.

Last season, Banks helped guide team to a 30-4 overall record. They won the Panhandle Conference Championship, the FCSAA/NJCAA Region VIII Championship, and made another appearance in the National Championship game.

In the same year, Zack Banks helped five Raiders earn All-Panhandle Conference honors, while Celia Riviere and Destiney McPhaul were recognized as NJCAA All-Americans. McPhaul became the fifth player in program history to earn First-Team All-America honors, and the second player coached by Banks to receive this recognition.
 
His coaching career began in Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he was an assistant coach at Blackman High School under Head Coach Chad Hibdon in 2014-15. In Banks' lone season on the coaching staff, he played a part in directing the Blaze to a 32-2 overall record, a 12-0 record in district play and a Division I Class AAA state title.
 
Banks then got his first opportunity at the collegiate level when he was named an assistant at Motlow Community College in 2015. He resided on the Bucks' staff for two seasons before taking on his role at Northwest Florida under Head Coach Bart Walker.
 
In his debut season with the Raiders, he helped instrument an increase of 10 total wins from the previous year as they finished with an overall record of 24-7 after winning just 14 games in 2016-17.
 
With the help of Banks, Northwest Florida increased its number in the win column the next two years as well, finishing 26-6 in 2018-19 before going 27-4 in 2019-20.
 
The following year, Northwest Florida would lose just two games to finish the season 24-2 en route to a national title. During this season, Banks' guidance helped five Raiders land All-Panhandle Conference honors while forward Chanaya Pinto was tabbed an NJCAA All-American.
 
Banks guided Northwest Florida to a successful 2021-22 season, finishing with 27 wins and just three losses. Under his leadership, the Raiders secured another Panhandle Conference Championship and made an appearance in the NJCAA Tournament. Four players earned All-Panhandle Conference honors, while Last-Tear Poa became the third player in program history to earn First-Team All-American recognition.

In 2022, Banks left Northwest Florida to join New Mexico State University as an assistant coach for the women's basketball program, under the direction of Jody Adams. In his lone season with the Aggies, the team finished with an 18-17 record, winning 10 conference games. Notably, they secured the program's first postseason win since 1994 with a 51-41 victory over the University of Illinois-Chicago in the Women’s Basketball Invitational on March 17.