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Roman Banks

Current position
Title	Athletic director
Team	Southern
Conference	SWAC
Playing career
1988–1992	Northwestern State
Position	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1994	Green Oaks HS
1994–1996	Southern–Shreveport (asst.)
1996–2002	Southern (asst.)
2003–2006	Southeastern Louisiana (asst.)
2006–2011	Southeastern Louisiana (assoc. HC)
2011–2017	Southern
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2017–present	Southern
Head coaching record
Overall	114–85 (.573)
Tournaments	(NCAA): 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x SWAC tournament (2013, 2016) SWAC regular season (2014)
Awards
2x SWAC Coach of the Year (2013, 2014)

Roman Patrick Banks is an American former basketball coach and the current athletic director at Southern University. Banks previously served as the head men's basketball coach for the Southern Jaguars before he was promoted to AD on March 31, 2017.

Head coaching record

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Jaguars (SWAC) (2011–2017)
2011–12	Southern	17–14	13–5	2nd
2012–13	Southern	23–10	15–3	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2013–14	Southern	19–13	15–3	1st
2014–15	Southern	18–17	13–5	3rd
2015–16	Southern	22–13	11–7	4th	NCAA Division I First Four
2016–17	Southern	15–18	10–8	T–3rd
Southern:		114–85 (.573)	77–31 (.713)
Total:		114–85 (.573)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion