Vern Banks

#article-related { display: none; }Vern Banks is in his 17th year as an assistant sports performance coach at Texas A&M. He is responsible for the strength program for the Aggie men's and women’s cross country team. He assists with the strength training program for the men’s and women’s track and field team as well as coordinating all phases of strength training for the women's golf team.
    
Banks previously spent four seasons (1995-98) as the head strength coach at LSU. Prior to that, he spent two seasons as the head strength coach of the NFL’s Denver Broncos (1993-94). He served in the same role with the University of Wyoming in 1992 and was an assistant at the University of Colorado in 1990-91. The Buffaloes won the 1990 national football championship during his tenure. Banks was also an assistant at Stanford University from 1987-89 and at the University of Wyoming in 1986-87. He started his career as a graduate assistant at the University of Houston in 1985-86.
     
Banks is a four-time American Drug Free Powerlifting Association State Champion, winning titles in Wyoming (1987), California (1989, 1990) and in Texas (2000). He is a 1981 graduate of Texas A&M. Vern is married to the former Mary Wiebler of Laramie, Wyoming. They have two children—Vernon James (20) and Halle Kristine (17).
     
 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
 
    -National Strength Coaches Association, CSCS Certified
    -Collegiate Strength & Condition Coach Association, CSCC Certified
    -First Aids, CPR Certified