Doug Banks

Doug Banks joined the Nebraska Athletic Department in August of 2018 as the Senior Director of Development. Banks plays a lead role in fundraising, while charged with meeting and building relationships with Nebraska’s donor base. Banks is also heavily involved in identifying metrics and a streamlined prospect management system that effectively cultivates and solicits philanthropic gifts to the newly rebranded Huskers Athletic Fund.

Banks came to Nebraska after seven years at the University of Kansas where he spent the five years serving as Associate AD for Development and Track/Field. In his dual role, Banks was a lead fundraiser and helped the development team ascend through a period of unprecedented athletic fundraising/facility success. During his time at KU, numerous projects were completed, including Rock Chalk Park ($39M), Kent McCarthy apartments ($12.6M), state of the art football and men’s basketball locker room renovations and new strength & conditioning facilities for the track and field teams. A football indoor facility also broke ground in April of 2018.

Prior to his time at Kansas, Banks served as Associate AD – Development at Illinois State University and oversaw the development department. Besides day-to-day operations, he was part of the team that built a new baseball stadium structure behind the Duffy Bass field that included suites, new seating, a press box and home/visitor dugouts. Annual donations increased to the Weisbecker Scholarship fund by 65% during a six year period. The blueprint for the renovated football stadium (Hancock Stadium) was initiated as well.

Banks got his start in athletics development at Kansas State University in 1999 and was a part of numerous changes and enhancements including KSU’s first priority seating program implemented in 2002.

A native of Imperial, NE, Banks earned his bachelor’s degree in 1990 from the University of Nebraska - Kearney and also received his master’s degree in education (sports administration) from UNK in 1999. Banks was a student-athlete in football, a four-year starter and two-year co-captain. He also played football overseas for three seasons and then returned to his alma-mater and coached at Nebraska-Kearney from 1996-1998.