In June of 2014, Janese Banks returned to her hometown of Indianapolis and joined the IUPUI women's basketball staff following two seasons at Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Banks grew up in Indianapolis where she attended Ben Davis High School and was the Gatorade State Player of the Year, an Indiana All-Star and an All-State selection in 2004 under the direction of former IUPUI assistant coach Stan Benge.
Prior to her two seasons with the Panthers, Banks spent a season at Auburn as a graduate assistant where she assisted in all aspects of the day-to-day operations inside the program.
Collegiately, Banks was a four-year letterwinner at Wisconsin from 2004-08 where she finished her career averaging 12.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 2.7 apg. During her career, Banks was a three-time All-Big Ten selection on the court and a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection off the floor. She finished her career as one of 10 players in Badgers history to eclipse 1,500 career points.
Following her collegiate years, Banks played professionally in the Ukraine, Switzerland and Iceland. Following her three-year stint of professional basketball, she spent the 2010-11 season as a volunteer coach at Ben Davis High School.
