Omar Banks has been named Campbell University's director of athletics, overseeing 21 Division I programs and more than 400 student-athletes.
The former executive associate athletics director at Virginia Tech will be formally announced at a press conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
"I am very honored and humbled to become a part of the Campbell University family," Banks said Monday. "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."
Prior to Virginia Tech, Banks served as the executive senior associate athletics director for the University of Cincinnati for eight years.
At both Cincinnati and Virginia Tech, he served under Director of Athletics Whit Babcock, who said he was elated to see Banks take the helm of his own program.
"Omar is the ideal fit for Campbell University," Babcock said. "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," he added. "Campbell University got a great man and a winner."
Banks began his collegiate athletics career in 1998 at North Carolina State University as a media intern within the sports information department.
Banks played football at the University of Richmond in 1993 to 1997 and once participated in the NCAA's Leadership Institute. He also served as president of the College Athletic Business Management Association after serving one-year stints as third, second and first vice president.
Banks and his wife, Ellen, are the parents of two children — son Omar II and daughter Marianna.
