Oree Banks
Biographical details
Bornc. 1936
Newton, Mississippi, U.S.
Playing career
1956–1958Kansas State
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1960–1962Coahoma CC
1963–1964Grambling State (assistant)
1965–1972South Carolina State
1973–1974South Carolina (assistant)
1975Virginia (assistant)
1976Wisconsin (assistant)
1977–1983West Virginia State
1986–1989Marshall (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall76–63–3 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 WVIAC Southern Division (1979)
Awards
SIAC Coach of the Year (1965)

Oree Banks (born c. 1936) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at South Carolina State University from 1965 to 1972 and at West Virginia State University from 1977 to 1983, compiling a career college football coaching record of 76–63–3.[1] Banks was the first African American to be hired as a full-time assistant coach in the history of the University of South Carolina.[2]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
South Carolina State Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1965–1970)
1965 South Carolina State 8–12nd
1966 South Carolina State 7–2
1967 South Carolina State 7–1
1968 South Carolina State 7–2
1969 South Carolina State 5–3–1
1970 South Carolina State 3–6
South Carolina State Bulldogs (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1971–1972)s
1971 South Carolina State 6–3–13–2–1T–3rd
1972 South Carolina State 1–90–67th
South Carolina State: 44–27–2
West Virginia State Yellow Jackets (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1977–1983)
1977 West Virginia State 2–82–23rd (Southern)
1978 West Virginia State 6–46–3T–2nd (Southern)
1979 West Virginia State 6–56–31st (Southern)
1980 West Virginia State 6–46–32nd (Southern)
1981 West Virginia State 3–5–12–5–1T–6th
1982 West Virginia State 6–3–15–34th
1983 West Virginia State 3–72–6T–7th
West Virginia State: 32–36–229–25–1
Total:76–63–3
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ "Oree Banks". West Virginia State University. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Former head football coach Banks to join SCSU Hall of Fame". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, South Carolina. November 15, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
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