Oree Banks
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Oree Banks
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Circa|1936}}
| birth_place = Newton, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1956–1958
| player_team1 = Kansas State
| player_positions = End
| coach_years1 = 1960–1962
| coach_team1 = Coahoma
| coach_years2 = 1963–1964
| coach_team2 = Grambling State (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1965–1972
| coach_team3 = South Carolina State
| coach_years4 = 1973–1974
| coach_team4 = South Carolina (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1975
| coach_team5 = Virginia (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1976
| coach_team6 = Wisconsin (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1977–1983
| coach_team7 = West Virginia State
| coach_years8 = 1986–1989
| coach_team8= Marshall (assistant)
| overall_record = 76–63–3 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 WVIAC Southern Division (1979)
| awards = SIAC Coach of the Year (1965)
| coaching_records =
}}
Oree Banks (born {{Circa|1936}}) is an American former college 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 head coaching coaching record of 76–63–3.{{cite web|url=https://wvsuyellowjackets.com/hof.aspx?hof=13|title=Oree Banks|publisher=West Virginia State University|access-date=May 12, 2019}} Banks was the first African American to be hired as a full-time assistant coach in the history of the University of South Carolina.{{cite news |title=Former head football coach Banks to join SCSU Hall of Fame |url=https://thetandd.com/sports/bulldogzone/football/former-head-football-coach-banks-to-join-scsu-hall-of/article_bc85b7c1-d489-51d9-beb7-2e15bc180f04.html |newspaper=The Times and Democrat |location=Orangeburg, South Carolina |date=November 15, 2018 |access-date=May 12, 2019 }}
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = South Carolina State Bulldogs
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1965
| endyear = 1970
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = South Carolina State
| overall = 8–1
| conference =
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1966
| name = South Carolina State
| overall = 7–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = South Carolina State
| overall = 7–1
| conference =
| confstanding = (Division I)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = South Carolina State
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd (Division I)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = South Carolina State
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 1–2–1
| confstanding = 4th (Division I)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = South Carolina State
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = T–7th (Division I)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = South Carolina State Bulldogs
| conf = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1971
| endyear = 1972
}}s
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1971
| name = South Carolina State
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 3–2–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1972
| name = South Carolina State
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = South Carolina State
| overall = 44–27–2
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
| conf = West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1977
| endyear = 1983
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = 3rd (Southern)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1978
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = T–2nd (Southern)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1979
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 1st (Southern)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1980
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 2nd (Southern)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1981
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 2–5–1
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1982
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1983
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 32–36–2
| confrecord = 29–25–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 76–63–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{South Carolina State Bulldogs football coach navbox}}
{{West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football coach navbox}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Banks, Oree}}
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American football ends
Category:Coahoma Tigers football coaches
Category:Grambling State Tigers football coaches
Category:Kansas State Wildcats football players
Category:Marshall Thundering Herd football coaches
Category:South Carolina Gamecocks football coaches
Category:South Carolina State Bulldogs football coaches
Category:Virginia Cavaliers football coaches
Category:West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football coaches
Category:Wisconsin Badgers football coaches
Category:People from Newton, Mississippi
Category:African-American coaches of American football
Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen
Category:21st-century American sportsmen