Banks played football at Bishop Amat Memorial High School, graduating in 1993.
He started his college career at San Diego State University, where he redshirted for the 1993 season.
[5] He spent the next three seasons at Idaho State before reuniting with Price at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2004.
[6] Banks departed UTEP after the 2012 season to become the running backs coach/special teams coordinator at Virginia, but resigned after nine days to take the same job at Texas A&M.
Larry Lewis, who had coached Banks during his playing days at Washington State, replaced him.