BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell University will introduce Omar Banks as its new director of athletics during a press conference at 11 a.m. on Tuesday in the main lobby of the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center in Buies Creek. Banks — the former executive associate athletics director at Virginia Tech — will oversee 21 Division I programs and more than 400 student-athletes in his new role at Campbell.
BIO: In his role at Virginia Tech, Omar Banks served as the chief financial officer for two years at the 44th-largest athletics department in the nation. In 2018, Virginia Tech saw an $11 million increase in total revenue over the previous year and generated a surplus for the first time since 2015. Prior to Virginia Tech, Banks served as the executive senior associate athletics director for the University of Cincinnati for eight years. At Cincinnati, he oversaw all aspects of a $61 million budget and provided strategic advisement to the athletics director on contracts, capital project financing, revenue agreements, personnel planning, departmental policies and procedures, and scholarship support for 19 sport programs.
OMAR BANKS: "I am very honored and humbled to become a part of the Campbell University family. I'm excited to get started as soon as possible and look forward to getting to know our student-athletes, coaches, donors and supporters, along with the entire Campbell community. We have all the tools at Campbell to be great, and I look forward to serving this great University to the best of my ability."
PRESIDENT J. BRADLEY CREED: "Our athletics program is on the rise, and with Omar Banks, we're bringing in a man who has overseen the business operations and human resources for some of the biggest athletics programs in the nation — and quite successfully," Creed said. "And in meeting him and his family, we are confident he will lead our program to the next level."
VA TECH A.D. WHIT BABCOCK: "Omar is the ideal fit for Campbell University. I am so happy for him and his family, whom I've known for nearly a decade. He's worked hard for this opportunity and earned it. He's ready. His values, leadership ability, experience as a former football student-athlete — along with his family ties in North Carolina — will be a tremendous asset and foundation. Campbell University got a great man and a winner."
ABOUT CAMPBELL ATHLETICS: With 10 men's teams and 11 women's teams, Campbell University Athletics has a proud athletic tradition. Campbell is committed to promoting team and individual success, making scholarship and educational opportunities available to more than 400 student-athletes, and creating memorable experiences for Camel fans. A proud member of the Big South Conference, Campbell earned the Sasser Cup in 2019 as the conference's top overall sports program. Campbell last earned this recognition in 1994.
